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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) » American Tiger Beetles (Cicindelidia) » Punctured Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidia punctulata) » Cicindelidia punctulata chihuahuae
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Cicindela sp. - Cicindelidia punctulata
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Cicindela sp. - Cicindelidia punctulata
Pearce, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 8, 2009
Size: 11 mm

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Cicindela sp. - Cicindelidia punctulata Cicindela sp. - Cicindelidia punctulata
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 22 August, 2009 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Cicindela.
… margarethe brummermann, 22 August, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Large Grassland Tiger Beetle.
… margarethe brummermann, 22 August, 2009 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Size clinches it.
Obsoleta is almost twice that size--and yes I seem to see the punctures, although I must say that when I came across punctulata out your way last week (I was in SE AZ from August 12-18) I was surprised at how obscure the puntures were compared to other individuals from the east and even the White Mtns of AZ.
… Harry Zirlin, 22 August, 2009 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok, so if you noticed that, too
I'm going to move this to punctulata
… margarethe brummermann, 22 August, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I concur...
The "all green" tiger beetles in SE AZ in addition to punctulata are the the green morph of nigrocoerulea, and pimeriana. I am confident this is neither of those.
… Harry Zirlin, 22 August, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Is the subsp. ok?
it fits Peter's comment exactly.
… margarethe brummermann, 22 August, 2009 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Subspecies
is exactly right if you accept the validity of the subspecies concept within the Cicindelidae. I think it makes sense to use the subspecific names, recognizing the fact that using these names may not match up with the latest thinking regarding what a subspecies is from an evolutionary unit point of view. But it is so much more fun to call these guys by their subspecific names and plus you can get a "lifer" subspecies out of punctulata. And by the way--according to Pearson's book, some taxonomists believe that the punctulata in SE AZ is a "good species" let alone subspecies.
… Harry Zirlin, 22 August, 2009 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

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