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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Temperate Tiger Beetles (Cicindela) » Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica) » Cicindela tranquebarica arida
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Cicindela tranquebarica arida - Cicindela tranquebarica
Copyright © 2010 Charles R. Smith

Cicindela tranquebarica arida - Cicindela tranquebarica
south of Shoshone, Inyo County, California, USA
March 22, 2010
Size: 10 mm
Rather rare subspecies of Cicindela tranquebarica, similar to the more recently described
Cicindela tranquebarica joaquinensis of the San Joaquin Valley, California. C. t. arida
is smaller in size, and occurs only in the Death Valley region of California/Nevada.
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Contributed by Charles R. Smith on 4 June, 2010 - 7:54pm
Last updated 4 June, 2010 - 11:24pm

Some authors and tiger beetle gurus
have raised this subspecies to full species status based on disparity of male genitalic form(s) and other assorted morphological characters.
… D.A. La Rue, 12 August, 2010 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thanks so much - you've contributed several new species and subspecies of tiger beetle to BG! :)
… Ken Schneider, 4 June, 2010 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

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