Cicindela nebraskana, known generally as the prairie long-lipped tiger beetle or black-bellied tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] It grows between 12 and 13 mm in length, and is black in colour.[5][6]

Cicindela nebraskana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. nebraskana
Binomial name
Cicindela nebraskana
Casey, 1909

References

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  1. ^ "Cicindela nebraskana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Cicindela nebraskana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Cicindela nebraskana Casey - Prairie Long-lipped Tiger Beetle | Department of Entomology". entomology.unl.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  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

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  • 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.