Cicindelina Latreille, 1802

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 210

Subtribe Cicindelina Latreille, 1802

Cicindeletae Latreille, 1802: 77. Type genus: Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758.

Diversity.

Worldwide, with about 1,090 species. The North American fauna is represented by 98 species (about 9% of the world fauna). The number of genera recognized varies greatly depending on the approach used (lumper versus splitter).

Identification.

Willis (1968) published a simplified key based on external characters for 91 North American forms, representing all the current recognized species except for the following 11: Cicindela albissima , Cicindela arida , Cicindela cazieri , Cicindela highlandensis , Cicindela nigrior , Cicindela ohlone , Cicindela scabrosa , Cicindela waynei , Habroscelimorpha fulgoris , Cylindera lunalonga , and Dromochorus velutinigrens . Pearson et al. (2006: 24-42) field guide to the North American tiger beetles included a key to all currently recognized species, except Cylindera lunalonga which has been raised to species level very recently, and a few subspecies. The key is based on external characters and distribution ranges.