Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
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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.
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Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
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Cicindela
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Cicindela
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