Cicindelini

Cicindelini
Cicindela depressula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Latreille, 1802
Subtribes
  • Apteroessina Rivalier, 1971
  • Cicindelina Latreille, 1802
  • Dromicina J.Thomson, 1859
  • Iresiina Rivalier, 1971
  • Theratina W.Horn, 1893

Cicindelini is a tribe of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the overwhelming majority (around 80%) of genera and species in the family. There are more than 90 genera and 2,000 described species in Cicindelini.[1][2][3][4]

Pentacomia sp.
Oxygonia sp.

Genera

These 93 genera belong to the tribe Cicindelini:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cicindelini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Cicindelini Latreille, 1802". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
  4. ^ Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0

Further reading