List of Cicindela species

Last updated June 11, 2025

Cicindela is a large genus of tiger beetles, found worldwide. Cicindela includes more than 370 described species in 23 subgenera.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Species

The following species belong to the genus Cicindela.^[1]^[3]

Subgenus Ambalia Jeannel, 1946: Cicindela aberrans Fairmaire, 1871; Cicindela satura (Rivalier, 1965)
Subgenus Ancylia Rivalier, 1961: Cicindela andrewesi W.Horn, 1894; Cicindela calligramma Schaum, 1861; Cicindela ceylonensis W.Horn, 1892; Cicindela diversa W.Horn, 1904; Cicindela guttata Wiedemann, 1823
Subgenus Austrocicindela Rivalier, 1963: Cicindela fontanea Werner, 2007; Cicindela gemmigera W.Horn, 1903; Cicindela marginella Dejean, 1826; Cicindela pudibunda Boheman, 1860
Subgenus Bostrichophorus J.Thomson, 1856: Cicindela bianconii (Bertoloni, 1858)
Subgenus Calochroa Hope, 1838

Cicindela anometallescens W.Horn, 1893

Cicindela assamensis Parry, 1844

Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bramani Dokhtouroff, 1882

Cicindela brancuccii (Wiesner, 2013)

Cicindela cariana Gestro, 1893

Cicindela carissima Fleutiaux, 1919

Cicindela chatthinensis (Wiesner & Phyu, 2015)

Cicindela corbetti W.Horn, 1899

Cicindela discrepans Walker, 1858

Cicindela elegantula Dokhtouroff, 1882

Cicindela fabriciana W.Horn, 1915

Cicindela flavomaculata Hope, 1831

Cicindela fumikoae (Wiesner & Phyu, 2019)

Cicindela hamiltoniana J.Thomson, 1857

Cicindela harmandi Fleutiaux, 1894

Cicindela holzschuhi (Wiesner, 2012)

Cicindela horii (Wiesner & Phyu, 2019)

Cicindela interruptofasciata Schmidt-Goebel, 1846

Cicindela lacrymans Schaum, 1863

Cicindela laurae Gestro, 1893

Cicindela mariae Gestro, 1893

Cicindela moraveci (Sawada & Wiesner, 1999)

Cicindela mouhoti Chaudoir, 1865

Cicindela myinthlaingi (Wiesner, 2004)

Cicindela nosei (Sawada & Wiesner, 2000)

Cicindela octogramma Chaudoir, 1852

Cicindela octonotata Wiedemann, 1819

Cicindela pseudosiamensis W.Horn, 1913

Cicindela safraneki (Werner & Wiesner, 2008)

Cicindela salvazai Fleutiaux, 1919

Cicindela schillhammeri (Wiesner, 2004)

Cicindela sexpunctata Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela shozoi (Naviaux & Sawada, 1989)

Cicindela tritoma Schmidt-Goebel, 1846

Cicindela whithillii (Hope, 1838)

Subgenus Calomera Motschulsky, 1862

Cicindela alboguttata Dejean, 1831

Cicindela angulata Fabricius, 1798

Cicindela aphrodisia Baudi di Selve, 1864

Cicindela aulica Dejean, 1831

Cicindela aulicoides J.Sahlberg, 1913

Cicindela bordonii (Wiesner, 2018)

Cicindela brevipilosa W.Horn, 1908

Cicindela cabigasi (Cassola, 2011)

Cicindela cardoni Fleutiaux, 1890

Cicindela caucasica M.Adams, 1817

Cicindela chloris Hope, 1831

Cicindela concolor Dejean, 1822

Cicindela crespignyi Bates, 1871

Cicindela decemguttata Fabricius, 1801

Cicindela despectata W.Horn, 1892

Cicindela diania Tschitscherine, 1903

Cicindela durvillei Dejean, 1831

Cicindela fischeri M.Adams, 1817

Cicindela fowleri Heynes-Wood & Dover, 1928

Cicindela funerea W.S.MacLeay, 1825

Cicindela jakli (Schüle, 2010)

Cicindela lacrymosa Dejean, 1825

Cicindela littoralis Fabricius, 1787

Cicindela lunulata Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela mamasa (Cassola & Brzoska, 2009)

Cicindela marmorata W.Horn, 1925

Cicindela mindanaoensis (Cassola, 2000)

Cicindela opigrapha Dejean, 1831

Cicindela paradecemguttata , 2025

Cicindela plumigera W.Horn, 1892

Cicindela quadripunctulata Mandl, 1969

Cicindela sanguineomaculata Blanchard, 1842

Cicindela sturmii Ménétriés, 1832

Subgenus Chaetotaxis Jeannel, 1946: Cicindela cicindeloides (W.Horn, 1905); Cicindela descarpentriesi (Deuve, 1987); Cicindela grandidieri Künckel d'Herculais, 1887; Cicindela isaloensis (J.Moravec, 2000); Cicindela katsepyana (J.Moravec, 2008); Cicindela leptographa (Rivalier, 1965); Cicindela macropus W.Horn, 1915; Cicindela multifoveolata (J.Moravec, 2008); Cicindela rugicollis (Fairmaire, 1871); Cicindela serieguttata W.Horn, 1934; Cicindela soalalae Fairmaire, 1903
Subgenus Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758

Cicindela albissima Rumpp, 1962 - (Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle)

Cicindela altaica Eschscholtz, 1829

Cicindela amargosae Dahl, 1939

Cicindela ancocisconensis T.W.Harris, 1852

Cicindela arenicola Rumpp, 1967

Cicindela arida A.C.Davis, 1928

Cicindela asiatica Audouin & Brullé, 1839

Cicindela bellissima Leng, 1902

Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758

Cicindela carolae Gage & McKown, 1991

Cicindela clypeata Fischer von Waldheim, 1821

Cicindela coerulea Pallas, 1773

Cicindela colasiana Deuve, 2019

Cicindela columbica Hatch, 1938 - (Columbia River Tiger Beetle)

Cicindela cyprensis Mandl, 1944

Cicindela decemnotata Say, 1817

Cicindela denikei Brown, 1934

Cicindela denverensis Casey, 1897

Cicindela depressula Casey, 1897

Cicindela desertorum Dejean, 1825

Cicindela duodecimguttata Dejean, 1825

Cicindelidia floridana Cartwright, 1939

Cicindela formosa Say, 1817

Cicindela fulgida Say, 1823

Cicindela gallica Brullé, 1834

Cicindela gemmata Faldermann, 1835

Cicindela georgiensis Deuve, 2011

Cicindela granulata Gebler, 1843

Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832

Cicindela hirticollis Say, 1817

Cicindela hybrida Linnaeus, 1758

Cicindela iberica Mandl, 1935

Cicindela japana Motschulsky, 1858

Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861

Cicindela lacteola Pallas, 1776

Cicindela lagunensis Gautier des Cottes, 1872

Cicindela latesignata LeConte, 1851

Cicindela lengi W.Horn, 1908

Cicindela lewisii Bates, 1873

Cicindela limbalis Klug, 1834

Cicindela limbata Say, 1823

Cicindela longilabris Say, 1824

Cicindela lusitanica Mandl, 1935

Cicindela majalis Mandl, 1935

Cicindela maritima Dejean, 1822

Cicindela maroccana Fabricius, 1801

Cicindela monticola Ménétriés, 1832

Cicindela montreuli Deuve, 2012

Cicindela nebraskana Casey, 1909

Cicindela nigrior Schaupp, 1884

Cicindela nordmanni Chaudoir, 1848

Cicindela ohlone Freitag & Kavanaugh, 1993

Cicindela oregona LeConte, 1856

Cicindela parowana Wickham, 1905

Cicindela patruela Dejean, 1825

Cicindela pimeriana LeConte, 1867

Cicindela plutonica Casey, 1897

Cicindela pugetana Casey, 1914

Cicindela pulchra Say, 1823

Cicindela purpurea Olivier, 1790

Cicindela repanda Dejean, 1825

Cicindela resplendens Dokhtouroff, 1887

Cicindela restricta Fischer von Waldheim, 1828

Cicindela rhodoterena Tschitscherine, 1903

Cicindela sachalinensis A.Morawitz, 1862

Cicindela sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim, 1824

Cicindela scutellaris Say, 1823

Cicindela senilis G.Horn, 1867

Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela soluta Dejean, 1822

Cicindela songorica Motschulsky, 1845

Cicindela splendida Hentz, 1830

Cicindela sylvatica Linnaeus, 1758

Cicindela sylvicola Dejean, 1822

Cicindela talychensis Chaudoir, 1846

Cicindela tenuicincta Schaupp, 1884

Cicindela theatina Rotger, 1944

Cicindela tranquebarica Herbst, 1806

Cicindela transbaicalica Motschulsky, 1844

Cicindela transversalis Dejean, 1822

Cicindela turkestanica Ballion, 1871

Cicindela waynei Leffler, 2001

Cicindela willistoni LeConte, 1879

Subgenus Cicindelidia Rivalier, 1954

Cicindela abdominalis Fabricius, 1801

Cicindela aeneicollis Bates, 1881

Cicindela aterrima Klug, 1834

Cicindela aurora J.Thomson, 1859

Cicindela beneshi Varas-Arangua, 1930

Cicindela cardini Leng & Mutchler, 1916

Cicindela carthagena Dejean, 1831

Cicindela cazieri Vogt, 1949

Cicindela chrysippe Bates, 1884

Cicindela clarina Bates, 1881

Cicindela craverii J.Thomson, 1856

Cicindela cubana Leng & Mutchler, 1916

Cicindela cyanipleura (Duran & Roman, 2020)

Cicindela cyaniventris Chevrolat, 1834

Cicindela dysenterica Bates, 1881

Cicindela euthales Bates, 1882

Cicindela favergeri Audouin & Brullé, 1839

Cicindela fera Chevrolat, 1834

Cicindela flohri Bates, 1878

Cicindela floridana Cartwright, 1939

Cicindela galapagoensis W.Horn, 1920

Cicindela guerrerensis Bates, 1890

Cicindela hemorrhagica LeConte, 1851

Cicindela highlandensis Choate, 1984

Cicindela hornii Schaupp, 1883

Cicindela hydrophoba Chevrolat, 1835

Cicindela ioessa Bates, 1881

Cicindela klugii Dejean, 1831

Cicindela lisaannae Gage, 1991

Cicindela longicornis W.Horn, 1913

Cicindela luteolineata Chevrolat, 1856

Cicindela marginipennis Dejean, 1831 - (Cobblestone Tiger Beetle)

Cicindela mathani W.Horn, 1897

Cicindela melissa (Duran & Roman, 2014)

Cicindela nebuligera Bates, 1890

Cicindela nigrilabris Bates, 1890

Cicindela nigrocoerulea LeConte, 1846

Cicindela oaxacensis Johnson, 1994

Cicindela obsoleta Say, 1823

Cicindela ocellata Klug, 1834

Cicindela papillosa Chaudoir, 1854

Cicindela phosphora Bates, 1878

Cicindela politula LeConte, 1875

Cicindela pseudoaurora Johnson, 1998

Cicindela pseudoeuthales Sumlin, 1991

Cicindela pseudoradians Johnson, 1998

Cicindela punctulata Olivier, 1790

Cicindela radians Chevrolat, 1841

Cicindela roseiventris Chevrolat, 1834

Cicindela rufiventris Dejean, 1825

Cicindela rufoaenea W.Horn, 1915

Cicindela rugatilis Bates, 1890

Cicindela scabrosa Schaupp, 1884

Cicindela schauppii G.Horn, 1876

Cicindela sedecimpunctata Klug, 1834

Cicindela semicircularis Klug, 1834

Cicindela smaragdina Chevrolat, 1835

Cicindela sommeri Mannerheim, 1837

Cicindela stephanae McKown & Gage, 1991

Cicindela tenuisignata LeConte, 1851

Cicindela thalestris Bates, 1890

Cicindela trifasciata Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela vasseletii Chevrolat, 1834

Cicindela veracruzensis Johnson, 1998

Cicindela viridiflavescens W.Horn, 1923

Cicindela vonhageni Mutchler, 1938

Cicindela walkeriana J.Thomson, 1856

Subgenus Cosmodela Rivalier, 1961

Cicindela aurulenta Fabricius, 1801

Cicindela barmanica Gestro, 1893

Cicindela batesi Fleutiaux, 1894

Cicindela didyma Dejean, 1825

Cicindela diehli (Wiesner, 1997)

Cicindela duponti Dejean, 1826

Cicindela fleutiauxi W.Horn, 1915

Cicindela intermedia Chaudoir, 1852

Cicindela juxtata Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989

Cicindela nagaii (Sawada & Wiesner, 1999)

Cicindela separata Fleutiaux, 1894

Cicindela setosomalaris W.Horn, 1913

Cicindela velata Bates, 1872

Cicindela virgula Fleutiaux, 1894

Subgenus Elliptica Fairmaire, 1884

Cicindela basilewskyana (Cassola, 1982)

Cicindela compressicornis Boheman, 1860

Cicindela deyrollei Guérin-Méneville, 1849

Cicindela dispersesignata W.Horn, 1913

Cicindela flavovestita (Fairmaire, 1884)

Cicindela hiekei (Cassola, 1982)

Cicindela junkeri Kolbe, 1892

Cicindela kenyana (Cassola, 1996)

Cicindela kikondjae (Cassola, 1982)

Cicindela kolbeana W.Horn, 1915

Cicindela laticornis W.Horn, 1900

Cicindela longestriata W.Horn, 1912

Cicindela lugubris Dejean, 1825

Cicindela mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1883

Cicindela muata Harold, 1878

Cicindela permaculata (Basilewsky, 1971)

Cicindela petermayri (Werner, 2003)

Cicindela transversefasciata W.Horn, 1913

Subgenus Epitrichodes Rivalier, 1957: Cicindela villosa Putzeys, 1880
Subgenus Hipparidium Jeannel, 1946

Cicindela albosinuata Olsoufieff, 1934

Cicindela alluaudi (Wiesner, 1992)

Cicindela caternaultii Guérin-Méneville, 1849

Cicindela clavator (Jeannel, 1946)

Cicindela conturbata (J.Moravec, 2010)

Cicindela equestris Dejean, 1826

Cicindela gabonica Bates, 1878

Cicindela gracileguttata (Mandl, 1966)

Cicindela heros Fabricius, 1801

Cicindela ingridae (Wiesner & Sawada, 2014)

Cicindela interrupta Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela kassaica (Rivalier, 1948)

Cicindela macrochila (Rivalier, 1948)

Cicindela micheli (Jeannel, 1946)

Cicindela neumanni Kolbe, 1894

Cicindela nigritula W.Horn, 1915

Cicindela obliqueclavata (J.Moravec, 2010)

Cicindela osa Alluaud, 1903

Cicindela perroti Fairmaire, 1897

Cicindela pseudosoa W.Horn, 1900

Cicindela robillardi (Deuve, 2015)

Cicindela shinjii (Sawada & Wiesner, 2000)

Cicindela xanthophila W.Horn, 1894

Subgenus Lophyridia Jeannel, 1946: Cicindela asperula L.Dufour, 1821; Cicindela cristipennis W.Horn, 1905; Cicindela fimbriata Dejean, 1831
Subgenus Ophryodera Chaudoir, 1861: Cicindela bohemani (Péringuey, 1888); Cicindela distanti (Heath, 1905); Cicindela divergentemaculata W.Horn, 1913; Cicindela foliicornis W.Horn, 1896; Cicindela kerandeli Maindron, 1909; Cicindela notata Boheman, 1848; Cicindela pseudorusticana W.Horn, 1921; Cicindela rufomarginata Boheman, 1848; Cicindela rusticana Péringuey, 1892; Cicindela smrzi (Werner, 2005); Cicindela trimaculata (W.Horn, 1903)
Subgenus Pancallia Rivalier, 1961: Cicindela angulicollis W.Horn, 1900; Cicindela aurofasciata Dejean, 1831; Cicindela cyanea Fabricius, 1787; Cicindela goryi Chaudoir, 1852; Cicindela princeps Vigors, 1825; Cicindela shivah Parry, 1848
Subgenus Platydela Rivalier, 1950: Cicindela coquerelii Fairmaire, 1867; Cicindela rotundicollis Dejean, 1825; Cicindela segonzaci Bedel, 1903
Subgenus Plutacia Rivalier, 1961: Cicindela dives Gory, 1833; Cicindela notopleuralis Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989
Subgenus Pseudoverticina Cassola, 2011: Cicindela antennalis Cassola, 2011
Subgenus Ropaloteres Guérin-Méneville, 1849

Cicindela alluaudi W.Horn, 1911

Cicindela bouyeri (Cassola, 2004)

Cicindela brazzai Fleutiaux, 1893

Cicindela cincta Olivier, 1790

Cicindela congoensis Fleutiaux, 1893

Cicindela convexoabrupticollis W.Horn, 1931

Cicindela desgodinsii Fairmaire, 1887

Cicindela fatidica Guérin-Méneville, 1847

Cicindela feisthamelii Guérin-Méneville, 1849

Cicindela flavosignata Laporte, 1835

Cicindela gigantula Schilder, 1953

Cicindela grandis W.Horn, 1897

Cicindela juno W.Horn, 1901

Cicindela kachowskyi W.Horn, 1903

Cicindela leucopicta Quedenfeldt, 1888

Cicindela lizleriana (Werner, 1997)

Cicindela lurida Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela marshalli Péringuey, 1896

Cicindela mimula Péringuey, 1896

Cicindela miseranda W.Horn, 1893

Cicindela nysa Guérin-Méneville, 1849

Cicindela petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1847

Cicindela prodotiformis W.Horn, 1892

Cicindela pseudoviridis W.Horn, 1914

Cicindela pudica Boheman, 1848

Cicindela quedenfeldti W.Horn, 1896

Cicindela regina Kolbe, 1885

Cicindela sacchii (Cassola, 1978)

Cicindela sjoestedti W.Horn, 1927

Cicindela trailini (Werner, 1999)

Cicindela viridipennis Schilder, 1953

Cicindela vittata Fabricius, 1801

Subgenus Sophiodela Nakane, 1955: Cicindela chinensis DeGeer, 1774; Cicindela ferriei Fleutiaux, 1895; Cicindela japonica Thunberg, 1781; Cicindela okinawana Nakane, 1957
Subgenus Trichodela Rivalier, 1957: Cicindela batechii (Cassola, 2005); Cicindela diversilabris (Cassola, 1995); Cicindela haefligeri W.Horn, 1905; Cicindela karlwerneri (J.Moravec, 1999); Cicindela lamburni (J.Moravec, 1999); Cicindela nubifera Quedenfeldt, 1883; Cicindela wachteli (Werner, 2003)
Subgenus Trichotaenia Rivalier, 1957

Cicindela africana (Cassola, 1983)

Cicindela allardi (Cassola, 1983)

Cicindela duplosetosa W.Horn, 1929

Cicindela kudrnai (Cassola, 2008)

Cicindela minettii (Schüle, 2011)

Cicindela mireki (Werner, 2003)

Cicindela mufumbweana (Cassola; Werner & Schüle, 2009)

Cicindela mwinilungae (Cassola; Werner & Schüle, 2009)

Cicindela nzingae (Oesterle; A.Serrano & Capela, 2015)

Cicindela pepetela (A.Serrano & Capela, 2015)

Cicindela pseudosuturalis W.Horn, 1914

Cicindela pseudotereticollis W.Horn, 1929

Cicindela rivalieri (Basilewsky, 1958)

Cicindela suturata W.Horn, 1915

Cicindela tereticollis Boheman, 1860

References

1 2 "Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
↑ 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). doi: 10.1111/syen.12440 .
1 2 Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-03-04.

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[catlife-1] 1 2 "Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-14.

[Duran2020-2] 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). doi: 10.1111/syen.12440 .

[Lorenz2021-3] 1 2 Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-03-04.

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