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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) » Big Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa) » Cicindela formosa generosa

Subspecies Cicindela formosa generosa

Classification · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa - male - female Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa - female Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa
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 formosa (Big Sand Tiger Beetle)
Subspecies generosa (Cicindela formosa generosa)
Size
16-18 mm.
Identification
A large reddish-bronzed to brown tiger beetle above and metalic green to cupreous below. Large size and overall robust appearance, complete maculation pattern where the lunules and marginal band are all connected along the lateral margin of elytra.
Print References
Leonard & Bell, P. 57 (1)
Internet References
ITIS
Images at Wisconsin Butterflies
Tiger Beetles of Nebraska
Works Cited
1.Northeastern Tiger Beetles: A Field Guide to Tiger Beetles of New England and Eastern Canada
Jonathan G. Leonard, Ross T. Bell. 1998. CRC Press.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 11 October, 2008 - 9:18pm
Last updated 11 October, 2008 - 11:05pm

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