Key to the British CICINDELINAE
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1.
Labrum black, with a keel along the centre. Body black, or almost so, and to some extent bronze metallic. Elytra characteristic; without a pale apical mark, and with random small fovea on the disc.
Labrum pale and smooth.
2.
Pronotum quadrate, pro-episterna glabrous or nearly so. Elytra characteristic, with pale marks confined to the lateral margins.
Pronotum transverse, pro-episterna densely pubescent. With pale markings on the elytral disc.
3.
Bright metallic green or, rarely, blue. Elytra characteristic; generally with 5 discreet pale marks. Labial palps dark.
Brown, although under strong light a green hue is usually obvious. Elytra with 3 pale marks. Labial palps usually pale towards the base.
4.
Median pale elytral mark characteristically angled. Elytra proportionally more dilated towards the apex.
Median pale elytral mark more regularly transverse. Elytra more regularly curved from the shoulder to the apex.