Cicindela purpurea

Cicindela purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Cicindela
Species:	C. purpurea
Binomial name
Cicindela purpurea Olivier, 1790

Cicindela purpurea, known generally as the purple tiger beetle or cow path tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Cicindela purpurea:

• Cicindela purpurea auduboniiLeConte, 1845 (Audubon's tiger beetle)
• Cicindela purpurea cimarronaLeConte, 1868 (cimarron tiger beetle)
• Cicindela purpurea hatchiLeffler, 1980 (Hatch's tiger beetle)
• Cicindela purpurea lautaCasey, 1897
• Cicindela purpurea purpureaOlivier, 1790 (cow path tiger beetle)

References

1. "Cicindela purpurea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Cicindela purpurea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Cicindela purpurea species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . PMC   3577090 . PMID   23431087.
5. Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12440 .

Further reading

• Allen, Thomas J.; Acciavatti, Robert E. (2002). Tiger Beetles of West Virginia (PDF). West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-33029-0.