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Subspecies Cicindela scutellaris lecontei - LeConte's Tiger Beetle

Festive tiger beetle - Cicindela scutellaris

Tiger beetle id help needed. - Cicindela scutellaris

Cicindela scutellaris ssp. lecontei - Cicindela scutellaris

Cicindela scutellaris lecontei - Cicindela scutellaris - 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)

Species scutellaris (Festive Tiger Beetle)

Subspecies lecontei (LeConte's Tiger Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Taxonomic move by some to Cicindela varians lecontei has been successfully refuted in a recently published note. For now C. scutellaris lecontei is the current valid name.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 19 April, 2005 - 10:01pm
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Ben Coulter, Peter Messer, bdagley
Last updated 21 October, 2021 - 1:25pm

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