Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

BugGuide is a National Moth Week Partner. How to add your National Moth Week 2021 photos. July 17-25.

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

National Moth Week 2020 photos of insects and people.

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 BugGuide Gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Discussion, insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12

Photos of insects and people from the 2014 gathering in Virginia, June 4-7.

Photos of insects and people from the 2013 gathering in Arizona, July 25-28

Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Temperate Tiger Beetles (Cicindela) » Big Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa) » Cicindela formosa formosa

Subspecies Cicindela formosa formosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Beetle? - Cicindela formosa Big Sand Tiger Beetle - Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa formosa larval burrow (third instar) with front part of pit removed - Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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 (Temperate Tiger Beetles)
Species formosa (Big Sand Tiger Beetle)
Subspecies formosa (Cicindela formosa formosa)
Explanation of Names
Cicindela formosa Say, 1817
formosa (L). 'graceful, beautiful' (1)
Numbers
5 subspp., plus several other forms (2)
Size
15-17 mm (BG data)
Identification

Cicindela formosa formosa Say
Det. Dennis Haines, 2010
Range
mostly: Great Plains states (2)
See Also

Cicindela formosa pigmentosignata Horn
Det. E. G. Riley, 2012
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 2 September, 2008 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 April, 2016 - 8:43am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2021 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact