''Distipsidera'' is a genus of
tiger beetle
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s. There are about 12 described species in ''Distipsidera'', found in
Oceania
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Species
These 12 species belong to the genus ''Distipsidera'':
* '' Distipsidera eungellae'' McCairns; Freitag; Rose & McDonald, 1997 (Australia
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* '' Distipsidera flavicans'' (Chaudoir, 1854) (Australia)
* '' Distipsidera flavipes'' W.J.MacLeay, 1887 (Australia)
* '' Distipsidera grutii'' Pascoe, 1862 (New Guinea
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, Australia)
* '' Distipsidera hackeri'' Sloane, 1906 (Indonesia
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, New Guinea, Australia)
* '' Distipsidera mastersii'' W.J.MacLeay, 1871 (Australia)
* '' Distipsidera obscura'' Sloane, 1906 (Australia)
* '' Distipsidera papuana'' Gestro, 1879 (New Guinea, Australia)
* '' Distipsidera parva'' W.J.MacLeay, 1887 (Solomon Islands
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, Australia)
* '' Distipsidera sericea'' Mjöberg, 1916 (Australia)
* '' Distipsidera undulata'' Westwood, 1837 (Australia)
* '' Distipsidera volitans'' W.J.MacLeay, 1863 (Australia)
References
External links
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Cicindelidae
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