Subspecies Cicindela formosa generosa

Classification · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Big Sand Tiger Beetle - Cicindela formosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Cicindelinae (Tiger Beetles)

Tribe Cicindelini (Flashy Tiger Beetles)

Genus Cicindela (Common Tiger Beetles)

Species formosa (Big Sand Tiger Beetle)

Subspecies generosa (Cicindela formosa generosa)

Size

16-18 mm.

Identification

A large reddish-bronzed to brown tiger beetle above and metalic green to cupreous below. Large size and overall robust appearance, complete maculation pattern where the lunules and marginal band are all connected along the lateral margin of elytra.

Print References

Leonard & Bell, P. 57 (1)

Internet References

ITIS

Images at Wisconsin Butterflies

Tiger Beetles of Nebraska

Works Cited

1.	Northeastern Tiger Beetles: A Field Guide to Tiger Beetles of New England and Eastern Canada By Jonathan G. Leonard, Ross T. Bell

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 11 October, 2008 - 9:18pm
Last updated 11 October, 2008 - 11:05pm

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