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][3]

Cicindela senilis

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. senilis
Binomial name
Cicindela senilis

Three subspecies are recognized:

References

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  1. ^ Bousquet, Yves (November 28, 2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Knisley, C. Barry; Kippenhan, Mike; Brzoska, David (2014). "Conservation status of United States tiger beetles". Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 7 (2–4): 93–145. doi:10.1163/18749836-07021077 – via Academic Search Complete.
  3. ^ 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): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
  4. ^ 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. JSTOR 4009274 – via JSTOR.
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