Mamatova М.М.1, Mirzaeva G.S.2 2026. Tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) deposited in the Zoological Collection of the Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.25. No.3: 153–157 [in English].
1 National University of Uzbekistan, Faculty of Biology and Ecology, Department of Ecology, Universitetskaya Str. 4, Tashkent 100174 Uzbekistan. E-mail: malokhat.mamatova@mail.ru
2 Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Institute of Zoology, Entomology laboratory, Bogishamol Str. 232-b, Tashkent 100053 Uzbekistan. E-mail: mirzayeva.gulnora@mail.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.25.03.08
ABSTRACT. Detailed information regarding species of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) preserved in the Entomological Collection of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan is provided. The collection includes 13 species of this family: Cicindela (Cicindela) clypeata Fischer von Waldheim, 1821, C. (C.) granulata Gebler, 1843, C. (C.) turkestanica Ballion, 1871, Calomera fischeri elongatosignata (W. Horn, 1922), C. littoralis conjunctaepustulata (Dokhtouroff, 1887), C. sturmi (Ménétriés, 1832), Cylindera (Cylindera) nox (Semenov, 1897), C. (C.) obliquefasciata (M.F. Adams, 1817), C. (Eugrapha) contorta (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828), C. (E.) litterifera (Chaudoir, 1842), Cephalota (Taenidia) deserticola (Faldermann, 1836) and Myriochila (Monelica) orientalis (Dejean, 1825).
KEY WORDS: Cicindelidae, museum, collection, Uzbekistan, Central Asia.