''Jansenia'' is a genus in the

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. There are at least 40 species in the genus, all of which are found only in South Asian region, with several endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The genus is characterized on the basis of the male genitalia.

Etymology

Chaudoir erected the genus name honoring Edward Wesley Janson, the secretary of the Entomological Society of London who gave him the first specimen ''Jansenia westermanni'', the

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of the genus.

Species

These 40 species belong to the genus ''Jansenia'': * '' Jansenia applanata'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia azureocincta'' (Bates, 1878) (India) * '' Jansenia bangalorensis''

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, 2003 (India) * '' Jansenia biundata'' Naviaux, 2010 (India) * '' Jansenia chlorida'' (Chaudoir, 1865) (India) * '' Jansenia chloropleura'' (Chaudoir, 1865) (Nepal, Bhutan, and India) * '' Jansenia choriodista'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia cirrhidia'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (Sri Lanka) * '' Jansenia corrugatosa'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia corticata'' (Putzeys, 1875) (Sri Lanka) * '' Jansenia crassipalpis'' ( W.Horn, 1908) (India) * '' Jansenia cratera'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia dasiodes'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia fusissima'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia grossula'' (W.Horn, 1925) (India) * '' Jansenia indica'' (Fleutiaux, 1894) (India) * '' Jansenia laeticolor'' (W.Horn, 1904) (Sri Lanka) * '' Jansenia legnotia'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia motschulskyana'' (W.Horn, 1915) (India) * '' Jansenia myanmarensis'' Wiesner, 2004 (Myanmar) * '' Jansenia nathanorum'' Cassola & Werner, 2003 (India) * '' Jansenia ostrina'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia phyuae'' Wiesner & Hori, 2019 (Myanmar) * '' Jansenia plagatima'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia prothymoides'' (W.Horn, 1908) (India) * '' Jansenia psarodea'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia pseudodromica'' (W.Horn, 1932) (India) * '' Jansenia reticulella'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia rostrulla'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia rugosiceps'' (Chaudoir, 1865) (India) * '' Jansenia sandurica'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia semisetigerosa'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia stellata'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (Sri Lanka) * '' Jansenia stuprata'' (W.Horn, 1909) (India) * '' Jansenia tetragrammica'' (Chaudoir, 1865) (India) * '' Jansenia tetrastacta'' (Wiedemann, 1823) (Nepal and India) * '' Jansenia venus'' (W.Horn, 1907) (India) * '' Jansenia vestiplicatica'' (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) * '' Jansenia viridicincta'' (W.Horn, 1894) (India) * '' Jansenia westermanni'' (Schaum, 1861) (Sri Lanka and India)

References

Cicindelidae Adephaga genera Taxa named by Maximilien Chaudoir {{Cicindelidae-stub