Cicindela hybrida transversalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Genus: | Cicindela |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. h. transversalis |
Trinomial name | |
Cicindela hybrida transversalis Dejean, 1822 |
Cicindela hybrida transversalis is a subspecies of the northern dune tiger beetle ( Cicindela hybrida ) found across Central Europe, particularly in Austria and southern France. [1]
In 1822, French entomologist Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean first described this beetle as C. riparia. [2] 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. [3]