taxonID	type	description	language	source
2D2C87DAFFB27D72FEB11160FEA88D36.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology. Cosmodela batesi is a common species in Taiwan. Adults and larvae inhabit roads, trails, and forest openings Comparative notes. The larva of C. batesi appears to be a typical representative of the subtribe Cicindelina. The instars of Cosmodela are comparatively more similar to members of the known Palearctic genera Lophyridia and Lophyra and than those of Cicindela with similar chaetotaxy of appendages of head (antennal segments, labium, maxillae), form of medial hook, number of setae on caudal and sclerites of fifth abdominal tergites and pygopod. Some differences between larvae of Cosmodela and Lophyridia exist in the length of the inner hook (especially the much longer central spine) and more slender antennae of Cosmodela. Autapomorphies of Cosmodela batesi are: galea always distinctly longer than maxillary palpus; head and pronotum without (or with undistinct) luster. The first instar of Cosmodela batesi has the following (relatively individual) autapomorphies: some slightly obtuse setae on head and pronotum; setae on second labial palpomere are distinctly below the middle (contrary to those of Lophyridia and Cicindela).	en	Putchkov, Alexander, Wu, I-Hsin, Lee, Chi-Feng (1893): Larval Description of the Tiger BeetleCosmodela batesi (Fleutiaux, 1893) (Carabidae: Cicindelinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62 (2): 197-201, DOI: 10.1649/1005.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/1005.1
