title: Tiger Beetles' (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelinae) pupal stage: current state of knowledge and future perspectives.
abstract: The tiger beetles (Carabidae: Cicindelinae) include about 2,822 species and 120 genera around the world. They are one of the most widely studied families of Coleoptera. However, the knowledge about their immature stages is incipient and usually restricted to the larval stages. Pupal characteristics have been among the most ignored aspects of tiger beetle biology. Here we compile and update the current knowledge of tiger beetle pupae.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A1-107, Bloco A, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil.. andreroza1993@gmail.com.
authors.forename: André S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Roza
authors.forename: José R M
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mermudes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D007814:Larva; D011679:Pupa
keywords: Coleoptera, Tiger Beetles, Immature, Pupae, Revision, Cicindelinae