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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) » Opilid Tiger Beetles (Opilidia) » Lime-headed Tiger Beetle (Opilidia chlorocephala) » Smyth’s Lime-headed Tiger Beetle (Opilidia chlorocephala smythi)
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Cicindela chlorocephala - Opilidia chlorocephala
Copyright © 2006 Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Cicindela chlorocephala - Opilidia chlorocephala
Point Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Cicindela chlorocephala smythi

Collected on: June 16, 1912 by E. G. Smyth

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Cicindela chlorocephala - Opilidia chlorocephala Cicindela chlorocephala - Opilidia chlorocephala
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Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 6 January, 2006 - 1:42pm
Last updated 3 September, 2014 - 8:59pm

It looks like your two images
It looks like your two images of this species are the same specimen. If this is so, could you please link them?
thanks
… J. Anderson, 30 October, 2010 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
not same specimen
Ran across your comment just now and was going to link the images, but if you look at details of the markings, these are not actually the same specimen. A pity this subspecies is gone.
… Cotinis, 1 November, 2021 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

Neat!
Wow! I wish I had that specimen!
… Matthew Roth, 6 January, 2006 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
This species is presumed extinct. (1)
… Christopher C Wirth, 6 January, 2006 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Sweet!
Wow, that is one rare beetle! Yep, this subspecies is indeed presumed extinct. It was found only on beaches of South Padre Island near Port Isabel, and hasn't been seen there in decades. The species does still exist along the gulf coast of Mexico.

I just love the prodigiously long legs of this beach specialist.
… Ben Coulter, 8 July, 2006 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
That makes them all the more valuable.
… Matthew Roth, 6 January, 2006 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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