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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) » Bronzed Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda)

Species Cicindela repanda - Bronzed Tiger Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Common Shore Tiger Beetle? - Cicindela repanda - male - female

Buffalo River AR Tiger Beetle - Cicindela repanda

Bronzed Tiger Beetle - Cicindela repanda

Cicindela repanda repanda - Cicindela repanda - female

Cicindela repanda repanda - Cicindela repanda - 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 repanda (Bronzed Tiger Beetle)

Other Common Names

Common Shore Tiger Beetle, Shore Tiger Beetle

Explanation of Names

Cicindela repanda Dejean 1825

repanda 'with a wavy margin'

Numbers

Three "subspecies": C. r. repanda most of NA • C. r. novascotiae NS‒PE‒QC (Magdalen Is.) • C. r. tanneri e.UT

Size

11‒13 mm(1)

Identification

Labrum small with one tooth; pronotum coppery and hairy. Shoulder marking (humeral lunule) touches or nearly touches the middle band.

Range

Most of North America (LB‒AB to FL‒AZ)(2)

Habitat

Sand, gravel, or clay soil with sparse vegetation adjacent to streams and rivers.

Season

Spring and summer, but seldom seen in the hottest part of summer. Occasionally seen in early fall.

Life Cycle

Two year life cycle, with third instar larvae passing through the first winter, and adults the second.

Print References

(3)(4)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

3.	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.

4.	Tiger Beetles of Alberta: Killers on the Clay, Stalkers on the Sand John Acorn. 2001. University of Alberta Press.

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, Ben Coulter, v belov, Blocky
Last updated 31 August, 2023 - 5:20pm

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