Cicindela scutellaris, the festive tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

Cicindela scutellaris
C. scutellaris unicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. scutellaris
Binomial name
Cicindela scutellaris
Say, 1823
Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park in 2013
Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park in 2013
Festive tiger beetle, Cicindela scutellaris

Subspecies

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These seven subspecies belong to the species Cicindela scutellaris:

  • Cicindela scutellaris flavoviridis Vaurie, 1950 (chartreuse tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela scutellaris lecontei Haldeman, 1853 (Leconte's tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela scutellaris rugata Vaurie, 1950 (rugate tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela scutellaris rugifrons Dejean, 1825 (festive tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris Say, 1823 (festive tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela scutellaris unicolor Dejean, 1825 (unicolored tiger beetle)
  • Cicindela scutellaris yampae Rumpp, 1986 (yampa tiger beetle)

References

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  1. ^ "Cicindela scutellaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Cicindela scutellaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  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. ^ 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.
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