Biology:Cicindela purpurea

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cicindela purpurea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. purpurea
Binomial name
Cicindela purpurea
Olivier, 1790

Cicindela purpurea, known generally as the purple tiger beetle or cow path 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 five subspecies belong to the species Cicindela purpurea:

  • Cicindela purpurea audubonii LeConte, 1845 (Audubon's tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela purpurea cimarrona LeConte, 1868 (cimarron tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela purpurea hatchi Leffler, 1980 (Hatch's tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela purpurea lauta Casey, 1897
  • Cicindela purpurea purpurea Olivier, 1790 (cow path tiger beetle)

References

  1. "Cicindela purpurea Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=697730. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  2. "Cicindela purpurea". https://www.gbif.org/species/1034748. Retrieved 2019-09-25. 
  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

Wikidata ☰ Q13467876 entry