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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) » Temperate Tiger Beetles (Cicindela) » Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle (Cicindela fulgida)

Species Cicindela fulgida - Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Works Cited
Cicindela fulgida (crimson saltflat tiger beetle) - Cicindela fulgida Cicindela fulgida fulgida, stilting - Cicindela fulgida - female Cicindela fulgida fulgida - Cicindela fulgida - male Cicindela fulgida fulgida - Cicindela fulgida - female Cicindela fulgida fulgida - Cicindela fulgida - male Cicindela fulgida pseudowillistoni - Cicindela fulgida - male Cicindela fulgida fulgida - Cicindela fulgida - male Cicindela fulgida pseudowillistoni - Cicindela fulgida - male
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 fulgida (Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Cicindela fulgida Say 1823
fulgida 'flashy'
Numbers
3 sspp.(1)
Size
10‒13 mm(2)
Range
throughout the Great Plains: C. f. fulgida MN‒so.AB to ne.AZ‒n.TX ∙ C. f. pseudowillistoni so.WY‒nw.CO ∙ C. f. westbournei MB‒SK to MN‒ND‒UT(1)
Season
Adults active Apr‒Oct(2)
See Also
At least 9 other tiger beetle spp. may co-occur on saltflats, but none has the bright red colorcite:14032]
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
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 Ron M. on 1 October, 2008 - 2:08am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 6:46pm

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