Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 222

Genus Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758

Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758: 407. Type species: Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758 designated by Latreille (1810: 425). Etymology. From the Latin cicindela (glow-worm in Pliny the Elder) [feminine].

Cicindella Gistel, 1850: 75. Unnecessary replacement name for Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 340 species described by 2005 assigned to 24 subgenera (Lorenz 2005: 41-51). The North American fauna is represented by 60 species (about 18% of the world fauna) placed in two subgenera.

Taxonomic Note.

The genus is employed here in a restricted sense as used by most taxonomists working on the Palaearctic and African faunas and recently by Erwin and Pearson (2008) for the North American fauna.