Genus Cicindela - Common Tiger Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Print References

Mating pair - Cicindela sexguttata - male - female

Sidewalk Tiger Beetle - Cicindela punctulata

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

All of the species in the tribe Cicindelini were placed in this genus until Erwin and Pearson (2008) elevated several subgenera to genus rank. These include Brasiella, Cylindera, Dromochorus, Ellipsoptera, Eunota, Habroscelimorpha, and Opilidia.

Remarks

One North American species of Cicindela is listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Cicindela ohlone).

Print References

Erwin, T. L. and D. L. Pearson. 2008. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera). Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume II (Carabidae-Nebriiformes 2-Cicindelitae). Pensoft Series Faunistica 84. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 400 pp.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Stephen Cresswell, Robin McLeod, Phillip Harpootlian, Chris Wirth, TCMacRae, ceiseman
Last updated 25 October, 2009 - 3:35pm

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