Biology:Cicindela scutellaris

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cicindela scutellaris
Festive Tiger Beetle (Cicindela scutellaris unicolor) - Jupiter Ridge Natural Area - Palm Beach County, Florida - (1).jpg
C. scutellaris unicolor
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. scutellaris
Binomial name
Cicindela scutellaris
Say, 1823
Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park in 2013
Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park in 2013

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]

Festive tiger beetle, Cicindela scutellaris

Subspecies

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

  1. "Cicindela scutellaris Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=697735. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  2. "Cicindela scutellaris". https://www.gbif.org/species/1034775. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  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 ☰ Q14940682 entry