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Genus Cicindela - Temperate Tiger Beetles

Cicindela - Cicindela limbalis Cicindela repanda Hairy-Necked Tiger Beetle: Affinities to 'gravida-abrupta' - Cicindela hirticollis - male Bronzed Tiger Beetle? - Cicindela repanda Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle - Cicindela longilabris Cicindela lengi lengi x lengi jordai - Cicindela lengi - female Cicindela splendida - female Cicindela repanda repanda - Cicindela repanda - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Cicindelinae (Tiger Beetles)
Tribe Cicindelini (Flashy Tiger Beetles)
Genus Cicindela (Temperate Tiger Beetles)
Other Common Names
Common Tiger Beetles
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly treated to include all the NA members of Cicindelini; treated here narrowly following(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Cicindela Linnaeus 1758
Latin cicindela 'glowworm'
Numbers
as treated here, 38 spp. in our area(3); a very speciose genus with ~800 spp. worldwide
Size
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.
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