Cicindela purpurea
Species of beetle
| Cicindela purpurea | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. purpurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cicindela purpurea Olivier, 1790 | |
Cicindela purpurea, known generally as the purple tiger beetle or cow path tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]
Subspecies
These five subspecies belong to the species Cicindela purpurea:
- Cicindela purpurea audubonii LeConte, 1845 (Audubon's tiger beetle)
- Cicindela purpurea cimarrona LeConte, 1868 (cimarron tiger beetle)
- Cicindela purpurea hatchi Leffler, 1980 (Hatch's tiger beetle)
- Cicindela purpurea lauta Casey, 1897
- Cicindela purpurea purpurea Olivier, 1790 (cow path tiger beetle)
References
- ^ "Cicindela purpurea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Cicindela purpurea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Cicindela purpurea species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves (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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- 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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