Cicindela senilis

Cicindela senilis, or the senile tiger beetle is a species of tiger beetle found in western California.^[1] It lives in tidal mud flats and both coastal and inland salt marshes.^[2]

Three subspecies are recognized:

Cicindela senilis senilis (G.H. Horn, 1867)
Cicindela senilis exoleta (Casey, 1909)
Cicindela senilis frosti (Varas Arangua, 1928)
- Populations of Cicindela senilis frosti have been found in a salt marsh in Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, as well as in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.^[3]

References[]

^ Bousquet, Yves (November 28, 2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 245: 1-1722. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ Knisley, C. Barry; Kippenhan, Mike; Brzoska, David (2014). "Conservation status of United States tiger beetles". Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 7 (2–4): 93–145 – via Academic Search Complete.
^ Kamoun, Sophien (December 1996). "Occurrence of the Threatened Cicindela senilis frosti Varas-Arangua in an Inland Salt Marsh in Riverside County, California (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 50 (4): 369–371 – via JSTOR.