Genus Cicindela - Temperate Tiger Beetles

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

Festive Tiger Beetle - Cicindela scutellaris

Cicindela hirticollis shelfordi, third instar at top of burrow - Cicindela hirticollis

Cicindela scutellaris yampae - Cicindela scutellaris - male

Cicindela repanda repanda - Cicindela repanda - male

Cicindela pulchra pulchra - Cicindela pulchra - male

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.

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 Erwin T.L., Pearson D.L. 2008. Pensoft Series Faunistica 84. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia. 400 pp.

2.	A field guide to the tiger beetles of the United States and Canada: identification, natural history, and distribution... 2nd Ed. Pearson D.L., Knisley C.B., Duran D.P., Kazilek C.J. 2015. Oxford University Press. 328 pp.

3.	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_WV, Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Christopher C Wirth, TCMacRae, Aaron Schusteff, Peter Messer, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 9 October, 2019 - 8:29am

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