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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) » Eastern Pinebarrens Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidia abdominalis)
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Tiger beetle - Cicindelidia abdominalis
Copyright © 2006 Machele White

Tiger beetle - Cicindelidia abdominalis
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
June 5, 2006
These are out in my road. Could this be C. highlandensis? Female? I don't know the size, but they are smaller than C. punctulata. I have been looking more, seems more likely to be Cicindela abdominalis?
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Contributed by Machele White on 6 June, 2006 - 11:12am
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 1:09pm

Abdominalis
This is C. abdominalis. Tiger Beetles of Florida shows a clear difference with highlandensis having no white scallops on the posterior elytra while the abdominalis does. Both are quite small for tiger beetles measuring in at only about 7-9 mm. Highlandensis is also known only in Polk and Highlands counties along a sandy ridge, the highest part of Florida. Highlandensis is very uncommon to rare. Many are seeking threatened and endangered status for this beetle.
… Scott Nelson, 7 July, 2006 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Scott, for your reply. I had read up on highlandensis, hope they get some help soon, before it's too late.
… Machele White, 28 July, 2006 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

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