Aniara sepulcralis

Aniara sepulcralis (often misspelled as sepulchralis) is a species of beetle in the family Cicindelidae, the only species in the genus Aniara.^[2] This species is found in the Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador and Brazil.^[3]

Aniara sepulcralis
Aniara sepulchralis, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Tribe:	Megacephalini
Genus:	Aniara Hope, 1838
Species:	A. sepulcralis
Binomial name
Aniara sepulcralis (Fabricius, 1801)[1]
Synonyms
Cicindela sepulcralis Fabricius, 1801 Cicindela sepulchralis Auctt. (missp.) Megacephala variolosa Dejean, 1825 Aniara sepulchralis Auctt. (missp.)

Recent studies suggest that this species renders the genus Tetracha paraphyletic, and is likely to be included in that genus in the future.^[4]