Biology:Cicindela pulchra

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cicindela pulchra
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. pulchra
Binomial name
Cicindela pulchra
Say, 1823

Cicindela pulchra is a species of ground beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae. It is found in such United States states as Colorado, northwestern Oklahoma, western Kansas , and eastern Arizona. It is red in colour. Its elytra, pronotum and head have dark blue, purple or green margins, and is 15–18 millimetres (0.59–0.71 in) long.[1][2]


References

  1. "Cicindela pulchra". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/tigb/usa/69.htm. 
  2. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13467874 entry