Cicindela
Cicindela, is a genus of generally brightly colored and metallic tiger beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats very often near bodies of water with sandy or occasionally clay soils; they can be found along rivers, sea and lake shores, sand dunes, around dry lakebeds, on clay banks, or woodland paths.Etymology
The word "Cicindela" comes from the Latin word "cicindela", meaning "glowworm". This comes from the fact that members of the genus Cicindela are metallic and sometimes flashing.Systematics
The genus Cicindela is the largest genus of tiger beetles, and they occur worldwide. The status of the genus is constantly in a state of flux, as various authorities on different continents have vastly different opinions about which of the dozens of subgenera traditionally recognized within the genus are deserving of being accorded status as independent genera. Moreover, this is one of the few insect taxa in which the rank of subspecies has traditionally been used repeatedly, and essentially no two classifications consistently treat the various members of the genus as to which are species and which are subspecies.
Treated as a single genus, and even with a fairly conservative estimate of species, there are over 850 species in the group, with several thousand published names applied, collectively. Currently most of the subgenera below are not settled, being considered genera of their own by some, and subgenera of the genus Cicindela by others. The genus is divided into the following subgenera:
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For a list of species, see List of Cicindela species.
The subgenus Cicindela , or Cicindela ''sensu stricto contains the following species:
Cicindela albissima Rumpp, 1962Cicindela altaica Eschscholtz, 1829Cicindela amargosae Dahl, 1939Cicindela ancocisconensis T.W.Harris, 1852Cicindela arenicola Rumpp, 1967Cicindela arida A.C.Davis, 1928Cicindela asiatica Audouin & Brullé, 1839Cicindela bellissima Leng, 1902Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758Cicindela carolae Gage & McKown, 1991Cicindela clypeata Fischer von Waldheim, 1821Cicindela coerulea Pallas, 1773Cicindela colasiana Deuve, 2019Cicindela columbica Hatch, 1938Cicindela cyprensis Mandl, 1944Cicindela decemnotata Say, 1817Cicindela denikei Brown, 1934Cicindela denverensis Casey, 1897Cicindela depressula Casey, 1897Cicindela desertorum Dejean, 1825Cicindela duodecimguttata Dejean, 1825Cicindela formosa Say, 1817Cicindela fulgida Say, 1823Cicindela gallica Brullé, 1834Cicindela gemmata Faldermann, 1835Cicindela georgiensis Deuve, 2011Cicindela granulata Gebler, 1843Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832Cicindela hirticollis Say, 1817Cicindela hybrida Linnaeus, 1758Cicindela iberica Mandl, 1935Cicindela japana Motschulsky, 1858Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861Cicindela lacteola Pallas, 1776Cicindela lagunensis Gautier des Cottes, 1872Cicindela latesignata LeConte, 1851Cicindela lengi W.Horn, 1908Cicindela lewisii Bates, 1873Cicindela limbalis Klug, 1834Cicindela limbata Say, 1823Cicindela longilabris Say, 1824Cicindela lusitanica Mandl, 1935Cicindela majalis Mandl, 1935Cicindela maritima Dejean, 1822Cicindela maroccana Fabricius, 1801Cicindela monticola Ménétriés, 1832Cicindela montreuli Deuve, 2012Cicindela nebraskana Casey, 1909Cicindela nigrior Schaupp, 1884Cicindela nordmanni Chaudoir, 1848Cicindela ohlone Freitag & Kavanaugh, 1993Cicindela oregona LeConte, 1856Cicindela parowana Wickham, 1905Cicindela patruela Dejean, 1825Cicindela pimeriana LeConte, 1867Cicindela plutonica Casey, 1897Cicindela pugetana Casey, 1914Cicindela pulchra Say, 1823Cicindela punctulata Olivier, 1790Cicindela purpurea Olivier, 1790Cicindela repanda Dejean, 1825Cicindela resplendens Dokhtouroff, 1887Cicindela restricta Fischer von Waldheim, 1828Cicindela rhodoterena Tschitscherine, 1903Cicindela sachalinensis A.Morawitz, 1862Cicindela sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim, 1824Cicindela scutellaris Say, 1823Cicindela senilis G.Horn, 1867Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775Cicindela soluta Dejean, 1822Cicindela songorica Motschulsky, 1845Cicindela splendida Hentz, 1830Cicindela sylvatica Linnaeus, 1758Cicindela sylvicola Dejean, 1822Cicindela talychensis Chaudoir, 1846Cicindela tenuicincta Schaupp, 1884Cicindela theatina Rotger, 1944Cicindela tranquebarica Herbst, 1806Cicindela transbaicalica Motschulsky, 1844Cicindela transversalis Dejean, 1822Cicindela turkestanica Ballion, 1871Cicindela waynei Leffler, 2001Cicindela willistoni'' LeConte, 1879