Cicindela puritana

Cicindela puritana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Cicindelinae
Genus: Cicindela
Species: C. puritana
Binomial name
Cicindela puritana
Horn, 1871

Cicindela puritana, commonly referred to as the Puritan tiger beetle, is a federally listed threatened species of beetle in the United States. It is native to Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont; it is now extirpated from the latter two states. Today it occurs along the Chesapeake Bay, an area near the Sassafras River, and a small stretch of land along the Connecticut River.[2]

There are two occurrences on the Connecticut River,[3] and about nine populations in Maryland.[2]

In 2007 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recommended the species be uplisted to endangered status.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kinsley, B. (2014). "Cicindela puritana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T4855A21424238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T4855A21424238.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Cicindela puritana. The Nature Conservancy.
  3. ↑ Omland, K. S. (2002). Larval habitat and reintroduction site selection for Cicindela puritana in Connecticut. Northeastern Naturalist 9(4) 433-50.
  4. ↑ USFWS. Cicindela puritana Five-year Review. June 2007.


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