Cicindela hybrida hybrida

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Cicindela hybrida hybrida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. hybrida
Subspecies:
C. h. hybrida
Trinomial name
Cicindela hybrida hybrida

Cicindela hybrida hybrida is the nominate subspecies of the northern dune tiger beetle ( Cicindela hybrida ). This eurytopic beetle has a wide distribution in the Palaeartic region. [1] It is particularly common in Central Europe, even in artificial habitats. [2]

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Taxonomy

C. hybrida was first described by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [3] When subspecies were found, this beetle adopted the trinomial name C. h. hybrida.

Interaction with other species

Diet

Like other tiger beetles, C. h. hybrida is a generalist predator. When presented with prey of different sizes and movement speeds, C. h. hybrida was found to prefer to hunt fast-moving, medium-sized insects, as well as large caterpillars, while avoiding grasshoppers. [2] This may be due to C. h. hybrida's larger mandibles (in comparison to other studied species like Calomera littoralis nemoralis), as its longer mandibles can widen far enough to hold larger prey. [4] It has also been found to occasionally scavenge on dead insects. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Cardoso, Anabela; Vogler, Alfried P. (August 10, 2005). "DNA taxonomy, phylogeny and Pleistocene diversification of the Cicindela hybrida species group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" . Molecular Ecology. 14. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02679.x – via Wiley.
  2. 1 2 Rewicz, Tomasz; Jaskuła, Radomir (November 21, 2018). "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. ↑ von Linné, Carl (1806). A general system of nature: through the three grand kingdoms of animals, vegetables, and minerals, systematically divided into their several classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties. Vol. 2: Insects. Translated by Turton, William. Lackington, Allen, and Co. p. 395.
  4. ↑ Pearson, David L.; Mury, Elizabeth J. (June 1, 1979). "Character Divergence and Convergence Among Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" . Ecology. 60 (3): 557–566. doi:10.2307/1936076 – via Ecological Society of America.
  5. ↑ Świecimski, J. (1956). "The role of sight and memory in food capture by predatory beetles of the species Cicindela hybrida L. (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)". Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne. 26 (15): 205–232.
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