Biology:Cicindela senilis

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cicindela senilis

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. senilis
Binomial name
Cicindela senilis
G. Horn, 1867

Cicindela senilis, or the senile tiger beetle is a species of tiger beetle found in western California .[1] It lives in tidal mud flats and both coastal and inland salt marshes.[2][3]

Three subspecies are recognized:

  • Cicindela senilis senilis (G.H. Horn, 1867)
  • Cicindela senilis exoleta (Casey, 1909)
  • Cicindela senilis frosti (Varas Arangua, 1928)
    • Populations of Cicindela senilis frosti have been found in a salt marsh in Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, as well as in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.[4]

References

  1. Bousquet, Yves (November 28, 2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4003/list/9/. Retrieved September 28, 2021. 
  2. Knisley, C. Barry; Kippenhan, Mike; Brzoska, David (2014). "Conservation status of United States tiger beetles". Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 7 (2-4): 93-145. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Kamoun, Sophien (December 1996). "Occurrence of the Threatened Cicindela senilis frosti Varas-Arangua in an Inland Salt Marsh in Riverside County, California (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 50 (4): 369-371. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4009274. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14940681 entry