Cicindela formosa
Cicindela formosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Cicindela |
Species: | C. formosa |
Binomial name | |
Cicindela formosa Say, 1817 | |
Cicindela formosa, the big sand tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Carabidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]
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Big sand tiger beetle, Cicindela formosa
Subspecies
These five subspecies belong to the species Cicindela formosa:
- Cicindela formosa formosa Say, 1817 i c g b (big sand tiger beetle)
- Cicindela formosa generosa Dejean, 1831 i c g b (big sand tiger beetle)
- Cicindela formosa gibsoni Brown, 1940 i c g b (Gibson's sand tiger beetle)
- Cicindela formosa pigmentosignata W. Horn, 1930 i c g b (big sand tiger beetle)
- Cicindela formosa rutilovirescens Rumpp, 1986 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Cicindela formosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- 1 2 "Cicindela formosa species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- 1 2 "Cicindela formosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- 1 2 "Cicindela formosa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
Further reading
- Allen, Thomas J.; Acciavatti, Robert E. (2002). Tiger Beetles of West Virginia. West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C., eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849319259.
- Assmann, T.; Boutaud, E.; Buse, J.; Gebert, J.; et al. (2018). "The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biolog". ZooKeys. 734: 43–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.734.21989.
- Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers.
- Choate, Paul Merrill (2003). Tiger Beetles: A Field Guide and Identification Manual for Florida and Eastern U.S. University Press of Florida.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L.; et al. (2005). A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press.
- Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys. 147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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