Cayman-islands

Guides

• Colliuris caymanensis

  Colliuris caymanensis is a small ground beetle in the tribe Odacanthini, endemic to the Cayman Islands. It was originally described by Darlington in 1947 and was previously treated as a subspecies of C. tetrastigma before being elevated to full species status. Like other members of the genus Colliuris, it is a slender, ant-mimicking carabid beetle.

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• Selenophorus fabricii

  Selenophorus fabricii is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae, described in 2017. The species is known from the Caribbean region, including the Cayman Islands, Hispaniola, and the Lesser Antilles. As a member of the genus Selenophorus, it belongs to a diverse group of small to medium-sized ground beetles commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions. Very little is known about the specific biology or ecology of this recently described species.

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