Genus Cicindela - Common Tiger Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Tiger Beetle duodecimguttata? - Cicindela punctulata

Tiger Beetle; probably Cicindela denikei - Cicindela denikei

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata

Splendid tiger beetle, Canaan Valley NWR - Cicindela splendida

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)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cicindela Linnaeus 1758

Formerly treated to include all the NA members of Cicindelini; treated here narrowly following(1)

Explanation of Names

From Latin cicindela 'glowworm' (Word Roots and Combining Forms)

Numbers

58 spp. north of Mexico(2); a very speciose genus with ~850 spp. worldwide

Size

circa 10-15 mm

Range

throughout NA and most of the world

Habitat

typically open habitats with sandy soil, often near streams or ponds, lakes; some species in woodlands, clay soils

Remarks

C. ohlone is listed as endangered

See Also

other Cicindelini; Tetracha

Works Cited

1.	A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Vol. II By T.L. Erwin and D.L. Pearson

2.	Distributional Range Maps for North American Species of Tiger Beetles

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Stephen Cresswell, Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Chris Wirth, TCMacRae, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 27 January, 2011 - 9:56am

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