Tiger Beetles of Russia
Interactive field guide · Cicindelidae · Cicindelidae matrix v54
Russia holds 112 species of tiger beetle (Cicindelidae), including 10 country endemics ★. 5 genera recorded. Dominant genera: Cicindela (79), Cephalota (15), Cylindera (13), Calomera (4).
Habitats: coastal (96) · saline (15) · riverine (1)
Iconic species of Russia
Wood Tiger Beetle
Among Africa's most specialized tiger beetles, *Cicindela* (Austrocicindela) haunts the bark and wood of forest trees rather than open ground — a rare arboreal lifestyle in the family. Nocturnal hunte…
Distribution — 52 species with GPS data
Color = habitat zone · Dot size = species density · Cicindelidae on GBIF ↗
| Genus | Spp. | Traits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cicindela | 79 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Cicindela* (Austrocicindela) Rivalier, 1963. Body ~14 mm, depressed; dark/matte; nocturnal; arboreal on bar… |
| Cephalota | 15 | saline | DIAGNOSIS — *Cephalota* Dokhtouroff, 1883 (s.str.) Body 10–16 mm, oval, L:W ratio 2–3. Coloration dark, matte, without c… |
| Cylindera | 13 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Cylindera* (Eugrapha) Rivalier, 1950. Body 7–14 mm, elongate-cylindrical, metallic. Nocturnal; bare sandy s… |
| Calomera | 4 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Calomera* Motschulsky, 1862. 8–18 mm; genae densely long-setose; sterna setose; elytra with whitish/ivory t… |
| Chaetodera | 1 | riverine | DIAGNOSIS — *Chaetodera* Jeannel, 1946. Body 12–20 mm, metallic with pale spots, cylindrical (L:W ratio 2–3). Head inclu… |
| Taxon | Authority | Flight | Distribution | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calomera caucasica
= Cicindela concolor (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | C + E Anatolia | ||
| Calomera littoralis nemoralis | Fabricius, 1787 | Barcelona | ||
| Calomera littoralis peipingensis | Fabricius, 1787 | E Siberia | ||
| Calomera sturmii
= Cicindela frontalis (Macleay, 1888) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1825) | S European Territory | ||
| Cephalota atrata
= Cicindela besseri (Krynicki, 1832) [basionym]
|
(Pallas, 1776) | C + S European Territory | ||
| Cephalota besseri
= Cicindela circumdata cappadocica (Semenov, 1895) [basionym]
|
(Krynicki, 1832) | S European Territory | ||
| Cephalota chiloleuca
= Cicindela jakowlewi (Semenov, 1895) [basionym]
|
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1824) | Chowd aimak | ||
| Cephalota circumdata cappadocica
= Cicindela circumdata circumdata (Dejean, 1825) [basionym]
|
(Semenov, 1895) | Lucania | ||
| Cephalota circumdata circumdata | (Dejean, 1825) | Lucania | ||
| Cephalota circumdata hattusae | Werner, 1994 | Lucania | ||
| Cephalota circumdata imperialis | Werner, 1994 | Lucania | ||
| Cephalota circumdata leonschaeferi
= Cicindela deserticola deserticola (Faldermann, 1836) [basionym]
|
Werner, 1994 | Lucania | ||
| Cephalota deserticola deserticola | (Faldermann, 1836) | Astrakhan | ||
| Cephalota elegans brunnea
= Cicindela elegans elegans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1824) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | S European Territory | ★ | |
| Cephalota elegans elegans
= Cicindela elegans stigmatophora (Faldermann, 1836) [basionym]
|
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1824) | S European Territory | ★ | |
| Cephalota elegans stigmatophora
= Cicindela elegans turkmenica (Semenov, 1895) [basionym]
|
(Faldermann, 1836) | S European Territory | ★ | |
| Cephalota elegans turkmenica
= Cicindela galathea (Rossi, 1790) [basionym]
|
(Semenov, 1895) | S European Territory | ||
| Cephalota jakowlewi
= Cicindela kutshumi (Semenov, 1897) [basionym]
|
(Semenov, 1895) | Volga-Ural steppes | ||
| Cephalota turcica | (Dejean, 1825) | Macedonia | ||
| Chaetodera laetescripta circumpictula
= Cicindela laetescripta kiushuensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Manchuria | ||
| Cicindela altaica | Eschscholtz, 1829 | W Siberia ★ | ||
| Cicindela altaica altaica | Eschscholtz, 1829 | W Siberia ★ | ||
| Cicindela altaica koschagachensis | Eschscholtz, 1829 | W Siberia | ||
| Cicindela angulicollis | Motschulsky, 1844 | Siberia | ||
| Cicindela asiatica | Audouin & Brullé, 1839 | Xinjiang | ||
| Cicindela asiatica sumbarica | Audouin & Brullé, 1839 | Siberia | ||
| Cicindela bellissima | Morawitz, 1862 | Hokkaido | ||
| Cicindela bellissima frechini | Morawitz, 1862 | Sakhalin | ||
| Cicindela campestris atlantis | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris balearica | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris campestris | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris cyprensis | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris nigrita | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris olivieria | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris palustris | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris pontica | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris saphyrina | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris schrammi | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris siculorum | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela campestris suffriani | Linnaeus, 1758 | European | ||
| Cicindela clypeata | Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 | Siberia | ||
| Cicindela clypeata clypeata | Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 | Siberia ★ | ||
| Cicindela clypeata octussis | Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 | Siberia | ||
| Cicindela coerulea | Pallas, 1773 | Altai | ||
| Cicindela coerulea coerulea | Pallas, 1773 | Altai ★ | ||
| Cicindela coerulea grumi | Pallas, 1773 | Tuva | ||
| Cicindela coerulea lucifera | Pallas, 1773 | Transbaikal | ||
| Cicindela coerulea nitida | Pallas, 1773 | Transbaikal | ||
| Cicindela coerulea selengensis | Pallas, 1773 | Buryatia | ||
| Cicindela desertorum | Dejean, 1825 | S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela gemmata | Faldermann, 1835 | Hokkaido | ||
| Cicindela gemmata potanini | Faldermann, 1835 | Manchuria | ||
| Cicindela granulata | Gebler, 1843 | Altai | ||
| Cicindela granulata angustioricollis | Gebler, 1843 | Siberia | ||
| Cicindela granulata granulata | Gebler, 1843 | Altai | ||
| Cicindela hybrida | Linnaeus, 1758 | N+C+S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela hybrida hybrida | Linnaeus, 1758 | N+C+S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela hybrida magyarica | Linnaeus, 1758 | N+C+S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela hybrida pseudoriparia | Linnaeus, 1758 | N+C+S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela hybrida transversalis | Linnaeus, 1758 | N+C+S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela japana | Motschulsky, 1858 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela japana inhumeralis | Motschulsky, 1858 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela japana japana | Motschulsky, 1858 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela japana tosana | Motschulsky, 1858 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela japana yezoana | Motschulsky, 1858 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela kozhantshikovi | Semenov, 1900 | |||
| Cicindela kozhantshikovi kozhantshikovi | Semenov, 1900 | Kazakhstan border region | ||
| Cicindela majalis | Mandl, 1936 | VU | ||
| Cicindela maritima | Dejean, 1822 | C+S European Territory NT | ||
| Cicindela maritima impercepta | Dejean, 1822 | C+S European Territory NT | ||
| Cicindela maritima kirgisica | Dejean, 1822 | C+S European Territory NT | ||
| Cicindela maritima maritima | Dejean, 1822 | C+S European Territory NT | ||
| Cicindela nordmanni | Faldermann, 1836 | S Kherson | ||
| Cicindela restricta | Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 | W+E Siberia | ||
| Cicindela restricta restricta | Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 | W+E Siberia | ||
| Cicindela restricta spinigera | Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 | W+E Siberia | ||
| Cicindela restricta tuvensis | Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 | W+E Siberia | ||
| Cicindela sachalinensis | Morawitz, 1862 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela sachalinensis kanssuensis | Morawitz, 1862 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela sachalinensis liaodongensis | Morawitz, 1862 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela sachalinensis nihozana | Morawitz, 1862 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela sachalinensis raddei | Morawitz, 1862 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela sachalinensis sachalinensis | Morawitz, 1862 | Far East | ||
| Cicindela sahlbergii | Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 | Volga region | ||
| Cicindela sahlbergii khersonensis | Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 | Kherson ★ | ||
| Cicindela sahlbergii lutshniki | Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 | Kazakh steppe border | ||
| Cicindela sahlbergii sahlbergii | Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 | Volga region | ||
| Cicindela soluta | Dejean, 1822 | S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela soluta pannonica | Dejean, 1822 | S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela soluta soluta | Dejean, 1822 | S European Territory | ||
| Cicindela songorica | Gebler, 1843 | Altai | ||
| Cicindela sylvatica | Linnaeus, 1758 | N NT | ||
| Cicindela sylvatica fasciatopunctata | Linnaeus, 1758 | N NT | ||
| Cicindela sylvatica rubescens | Linnaeus, 1758 | N NT | ||
| Cicindela sylvatica sylvatica | Linnaeus, 1758 | N NT | ||
| Cicindela transbaicalica hamifasciata | Motschulsky, 1844 | Transbaikal | ||
| Cicindela transbaicalica magnifica | Motschulsky, 1844 | Transbaikal | ★ | |
| Cicindela transbaicalica palpalis | Motschulsky, 1844 | Amur ★ | ||
| Cicindela transbaicalica transbaicalica | Motschulsky, 1844 | Transbaikal | ||
| Cylindera contorta
= Cicindela contorta contorta (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) [basionym]
|
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) | S European Territory | ||
| Cylindera contorta contorta
= Cicindela contorta valdenbergi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) [basionym]
|
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) | S European Territory | ||
| Cylindera contorta valdenbergi
= Cicindela dissimilis dissimilis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) | S European Territory | ||
| Cylindera germanica
= Cicindela germanica germanica (Linnaeus, 1758) [basionym]
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | European Territory | ||
| Cylindera germanica germanica
= Cicindela germanica michaelensis (Mandl, 1935) [basionym]
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | European Territory | ||
| Cylindera germanica michaelensis
= Cicindela germanica muelleri (Mandl, 1935) [basionym]
|
(Mandl, 1935) | European Territory | ||
| Cylindera germanica muelleri
= Cicindela germanica sobrina (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Mandl, 1935) | European Territory | ||
| Cylindera germanica sobrina
= Cicindela gracilis (Perty, 1830) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | European Territory | ||
| Cylindera gracilis
= Cicindela granulipennis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Perty, 1830) | C + S European Far East | ||
| Cylindera inscripta
= Cicindela iravaddica (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1867) | S European Territory | ||
| Cylindera mongolica | (Bates, 1874) | E Siberia | ||
| Cylindera obliquefasciata descendens
= Cicindela obliquefasciata obliquefasciata (Motschulsky, 1862) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2009 | Altai | ||
| Cylindera obliquefasciata obliquefasciata
= Cicindela obsoletesignata (Bates, 1867) [basionym]
|
(Motschulsky, 1862) | Altai |
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