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Species Cicindela latesignata - Western Beach Tiger Beetle

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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)
Species latesignata (Western Beach Tiger Beetle)
Identification
Two colour forms, often treated as subspecies. Typical latesignata is not highly variable, and apparently distinct from the rarer obliviosa with very broad pale edges, markings fused.
Range
Coast of California south of Los Angeles; also in Baja California.