Cicindela hybrida transversalis

Cicindela hybrida transversalis is a subspecies of the northern dune tiger beetle found across Central Europe, particularly in Austria and southern France.

Taxonomy

In 1822, French entomologist Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean first described this beetle as C. riparia. However, upon discovering the name had been previously attributed to a ground beetle, Elaphrus riparius, Dejean renamed the species C. ''transversalis, although he noted it may actually be a "variety" of C. hybrida''.