Cicindela latesignata

Cicindela latesignata[1] is a ground beetle in the genus Cicindela ("common tiger beetles"), in the subfamily Cicindelinae ("tiger beetles"). Common names are "western beach tiger beetle" and "angel's tear".[3] The distribution range of Cicindela latesignata includes Central America and North America. It is native to the Continental US and Mexico.[2]

Cicindela latesignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. latesignata
Binomial name
Cicindela latesignata
LeConte, 1851[1][2]

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  2. Encyclopedia of Life Cicindela latesignata species overview.

Further reading

  • American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • Bousquet, Yves (2012). Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys, issue 245, 1-1722.
  • Freitag, Richard (1999). Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada and the United States, vii + 195.
  • Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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