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Cicindela scutellaris | |
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C. scutellaris unicolor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Genus: | Cicindela |
Species: | C. scutellaris
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Binomial name | |
Cicindela scutellaris Say, 1823
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![Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park in 2013](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Festive_Tiger_Beetle%2C_face%2C_Badlands%2CPennington_Co%2C_SD_2013-12-31-13.21.39_ZS_PMax_%2811675053206%29.jpg/220px-Festive_Tiger_Beetle%2C_face%2C_Badlands%2CPennington_Co%2C_SD_2013-12-31-13.21.39_ZS_PMax_%2811675053206%29.jpg)
Cicindela scutellaris, the festive tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Subspecies
[edit]These seven subspecies belong to the species Cicindela scutellaris:
- Cicindela scutellaris flavoviridis Vaurie, 1950 (chartreuse tiger beetle)
- Cicindela scutellaris lecontei Haldeman, 1853 (Leconte's tiger beetle)
- Cicindela scutellaris rugata Vaurie, 1950 (rugate tiger beetle)
- Cicindela scutellaris rugifrons Dejean, 1825 (festive tiger beetle)
- Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris Say, 1823 (festive tiger beetle)
- Cicindela scutellaris unicolor Dejean, 1825 (unicolored tiger beetle)
- Cicindela scutellaris yampae Rumpp, 1986 (yampa tiger beetle)
References
[edit]- ^ "Cicindela scutellaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Cicindela scutellaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Cicindela scutellaris species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
Further reading
[edit]- Allen, Thomas J.; Acciavatti, Robert E. (2002). Tiger Beetles of West Virginia (PDF). West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
External links
[edit]Media related to Cicindela scutellaris at Wikimedia Commons