Cicindela latesignata
Appearance
Cicindela latesignata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Genus: | Cicindela |
Species: | C. latesignata
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Binomial name | |
Cicindela latesignata |
Cicindela latesignata[1] is a ground beetle in the genus Cicindela ("common tiger beetles"), in the subfamily Cicindelinae ("tiger beetles"). Common names are "Western beach tiger beetle" and "Angel's tear".[3] The distribution range of Cicindela latesignata includes Central America and North America. It is native to the Continental US and Mexico.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b bugguide.net Cicindela latesignata species information.
- ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life Cicindela latesignata species overview.
- ^ 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
[edit]- American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
- Bousquet, Yves (2012). Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys, issue 245, 1–1722.
- Freitag, Richard (1999). Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada and the United States, vii + 195.
- Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.