Known from Madagascar; available records indicate a Malagasy distribution.
Fine-art photographic collection
Chaetotaxis macropus
A fast visual predator of open ground.
About this species
Tiger beetle
Chaetotaxis macropus(W. Horn, 1915)
Information reviewed15 July 2026
Chaetotaxis macropus belongs to the ground-beetle family Carabidae and the tiger-beetle subfamily Cicindelinae. Adults are active predators with strong jaws, while the larvae are also predatory. Habitat structure and soil conditions strongly shape local occurrence.
Taxonomy
Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Coleoptera · Carabidae · Chaetotaxis
Name used by the gallery and checked against the linked global taxonomic catalogues. · checked 2026-07-15
MadagascarBroad documented range and gallery locality — not a complete occurrence map.
Bare sand, clay, paths, river margins or other open sunlit ground.
Mostly diurnal and highly active in sunshine.
Predatory on small insects and other invertebrates; some species also scavenge.
Solitary.
What makes this species remarkable?
Tiger beetles pursue prey using rapid bursts of running and strong vision.
Larvae wait in burrows and seize passing prey.
Adults and larvae both contribute to predation in the ecosystem.