Cicindela hybrida

Northern dune tiger beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. hybrida
Binomial name
Cicindela hybrida

Cicindela hybrida, also known as the northern dune tiger beetle, has a wide distribution in the Palaearctic region.[1] Cicindela hybrida hybrida is common in Central Europe, even in artificial habitats.[2] In the UK, it is found in heath and dune habitats from April to October and is a medium-sized beetle (12-15mm).[3]

The species is divided into the following subspecies:[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Cardoso, A; Vogler, AP (2005). "DNA taxonomy, phylogeny and Pleistocene diversification of the Cicindela hybrida species group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". Mol Ecol. 14 (11): 3531–46. Bibcode:2005MolEc..14.3531C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02679.x. PMID 16156821.
  2. ↑ Rewicz, Tomasz; Jaskuła, Radomir (2018-11-21). "Catch fast and kill quickly: do tiger beetles use the same strategies when hunting different types of prey?". PeerJ. 6 e5971. doi:10.7717/peerj.5971. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6252071. PMID 30498639.
  3. ↑ Collins Complete Guide to British Insects. Collins. 2005. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-00-729899-0.
  4. ↑ "Cicindela hybrida Linnaeus, 1758". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  5. ↑ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-11-16.