Biology:Cicindela repanda
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Cicindela repanda | |
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| Cicindela repanda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Cicindelini |
| Subtribe: | Cicindelina |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. repanda
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| Binomial name | |
| Cicindela repanda Dejean, 1825
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Cicindela repanda, commonly known as the bronzed tiger beetle or common shore tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle that measures 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long, lives in most of North America. Its labrum is small with one tooth and the pronotum is coppery and hairy. The shoulder marking touches or nearly touches the middle band. It is usually seen in spring and summer and it lives in sand, gravel, or clay soil. Its food is many insects and some fruit. The species have a two-year life cycle. It can be found all across sand dunes around the Great Lakes. The species comprises three subspecies: C. repanda repanda, C. repanda novascotiae, and C. repanda tanneri.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Yves Bousquet (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. Trachypachidae–Trechini". ZooKeys (PenSoft Publishers LTD) (245): 367–368. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. ISBN 978-954-642-658-1. PMID 23431087. PMC 3577090. https://books.google.com/books?id=haOUwG9PWcoC&pg=PA367.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q5119435 entry
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