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Cicindela formosa

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Species of beetle

Cicindela formosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
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 Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.

Big sand tiger beetle, Cicindela formosa

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

  1. "Cicindela formosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Cicindela formosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. "Cicindela formosa species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  5. 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 (PDF). West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.

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