| Cicindela limbata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. limbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cicindela limbata Say, 1823
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Cicindela limbata, the sandy tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.12345 It is a specialist in sand dune habitats.6
The Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle, one of the world's rarest insects, was formerly considered to be a subspecies of this beetle. After genetic testing and considering both the extreme distance from other Sandy Tiger Beetles and the lack of pigmentation on its elytra, it is now considered its own species.
Subspecies
These five subspecies belong to the species Cicindela limbata:
- Cicindela limbata hyperborea LeConte, 1863 (hyperboreal tiger beetle)
- Cicindela limbata labradorensis W. N. Johnson, 1991
- Cicindela limbata limbata Say, 1823 (sandy tiger beetle)
- Cicindela limbata nogahabarensis Knisley, 2008 (nogahabar tiger beetle)
- Cicindela limbata nympha Casey, 1913 (sandy tiger beetle)
References
References
- "Cicindela limbata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Cicindela limbata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Cicindela limbata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dangalle, Chandima D; Pallewatta, Nirmalie; Vogler, Alfried P (2013-06-30). "The Association between Body-size and Habitat-type in Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences). 42 (1): 41–53. doi:10.4038/cjsbs.v42i1.5898. ISSN 0069-2379. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
Further reading
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.