Calochroa

Calochroa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cicindelidae. Some authors treat them within the broader genus Cicindela. The genus as used in 2020 shows polyphyly with Calochroa species forming two clades with one clade being a sister to the genus Lophyra and another being a sister to the genus Hipparidium.^[1]

Calochroa
Cicindela bramani (Tiger Beetle)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Calochroa Hope, 1838
Type species
Cicindela octonotata Wiedemann, 1819

Etymology

Hope erected the genus name Calochroa by combining the greek words καλὸς (kalos) and χρόα (chrooa) which translates to beautiful color, as he found most species of this genus having rich color.^[2]

Species

Nearly 33 species are known with a distribution in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, to Southeast Asia. Some species in the genus include:

• Calochroa anometallescens (Horn, 1893)
• Calochroa bicolor (Fabricius, 1781)
• Calochroa bramani (Dokhtouroff, 1882)
• Calochroa brancuccii Wiesner, 2013
• Calochroa carissima (Fleutiaux, 1919)
• Calochroa crucigera Hope, 1838,1989
• Calochroa elegantula (Dokhtouroff, 1882)
• Calochroa flavomaculata (Hope, 1831)
• Calochroa fumikoae Wiesner & Phyu, 2019
• Calochroa hamiltoniana (J. Thomson, 1857)
• Calochroa harmandi (Fleurtiaux, 1893)
• Calochroa holzschuhi Wiesner, 2012
• Calochroa horii Wiesner & Phyu, 2019
• Calochroa interruptofasciata (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)
• Calochroa moraveci Sawada & Wiesner, 1999
• Calochroa pseudosiamensis (Horn, 1913)
• Calochroa salvazai (Fleutiaux, 1919)
• Calochroa whithillii Hope, 1838