Cicindela formosa
| Cicindela formosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| 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 Carabidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
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[]
- ^ "Cicindela formosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Cicindela formosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Cicindela formosa species Information". BugGuide.net. 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. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
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.
External links[]
Media related to Cicindela formosa at Wikimedia Commons
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