Biology:Cicindela formosa

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cicindela formosa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. formosa
Binomial name
Cicindela formosa
Say, 1817

Cicindela formosa, the big sand tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

Big sand tiger beetle, Cicindela formosa

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species Cicindela formosa:

  • Cicindela formosa formosa Say, 1817 (big sand tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela formosa generosa Dejean, 1831 (big sand tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela formosa gibsoni Brown, 1940 (Gibson's sand tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela formosa luxuriosa Casey
  • Cicindela formosa pigmentosignata W. Horn, 1930 (big sand tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela formosa rutilovirescens Rumpp, 1986

References

  1. "Cicindela formosa Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=697689. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  2. "Cicindela formosa". https://www.gbif.org/species/1034951. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  3. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMID 23431087. PMC 3577090. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4003. 
  4. 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q11705890 entry