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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles (Cylindera) » Swift Tiger Beetle (Cylindera celeripes)

Species Cylindera celeripes - Swift Tiger Beetle

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Swift Tiger Beetle - Cylindera celeripes
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 Cylindera (Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles)
Species celeripes (Swift Tiger Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cicindela celeripes
Size
7-8mm
Identification
Flightless, dull green to brown. Elytral maculations are broken into dots
Range
South-central United States: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska. Now rare or extirpated in Nebraska.
Habitat
Dry bluffs, prairie
Food
Predatory on other insects
Internet References
Tiger Beetles of the United States
Univ. Nebraska
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 October, 2004 - 9:18am
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 24 October, 2009 - 11:12pm

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