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Cicindela campestris suffriani

Green Tiger Beetle

Linnaeus, 1758

Palearctic / Oriental IUCN LC

Rank

Subspecies

Authorship

Linnaeus, 1758

Tribe

Cicindelini

Subtribe

Cicindelina

Body length

14 mm

Habitat

coastal-sandy

Activity

diurnal

Wing type

macropterous

Countries

Data level

complete

Genus diagnosis Diagnosis & identification

This diagnosis describes the genus Cicindela, not the individual species. Species-level characters are not yet recorded.

DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758 Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.

Similar taxa: Resembles *Beckerium*, *Brasiella*, *Cicindelidia*

Etymology

From Latin *cicindela* (glow-worm, firefly) — used by Pliny the Elder for luminous insects; refers to the iridescent elytra (feminine).

Seasonal activity

Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)

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Green = active months · Orange = peak. Peak: V-IX

Distribution

France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, N Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Russia (European, Siberian, Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China (Xinjiang, Heilongjiang), N Korea, Japan

Countries: AL · AT · BA · BE · BG · CH · China · CZ · DE · FR · GR · HR · HU · IE · Japan · South Korea · NL · PL · RO · RS · RU · SI · SK · TR

Provinces / states: European · Siberian · Far East · Xinjiang · Heilongjiang