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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Dromo Tiger Beetles (Dromochorus) » Cajun Tiger Beetle (Dromochorus pilatei)

Species Dromochorus pilatei - Cajun Tiger Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
BG1568 C9953 - Dromochorus pilatei - male BG1571 C9786 - Dromochorus pilatei - female BG1571 C9786 - Dromochorus pilatei - female Tiger Beetle - Dromochorus pilatei Dull Greenish Black Tiger - Dromochorus pilatei Dull Greenish Black Tiger - Dromochorus pilatei Tiger Beetle - Dromochorus pilatei Cajun Tiger Beetle - Dromochorus pilatei
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 Dromochorus (Dromo Tiger Beetles)
Species pilatei (Cajun Tiger Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dromochorus pilatei (Guerin-Meneville)
Orig. Comb: Cicindela pilatei Guerin-Meneville 1845
Identification
Range
Houston, TX to New Orleans, LA
Season
Adults active May to July and overwinter as adults (1)
Remarks
considered by Louisiana to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (2)
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2007
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada
David Pearson, C. Barry Knisley, Charles J. Kazilek, David L. Pearson, Barry C. Knisley. 2005. Oxford University Press.
2.Louisiana "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2015
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 4 April, 2008 - 10:53am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 6 April, 2016 - 8:20pm

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