Biology:Cicindela formosa
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Cicindela formosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cicindela formosa Say, 1817
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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]
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
- ↑ "Cicindela formosa Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=697689. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Cicindela formosa". https://www.gbif.org/species/1034951. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Cicindela formosa species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/8190. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- Allen, Thomas J.; Acciavatti, Robert E. (2002). Tiger Beetles of West Virginia. West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. http://www.wvdnr.gov/publications/PDFFiles/tigerbeetlebrochure.pdf.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. 2017. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q11705890 entry
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