Cicindela dorsalis

Cicindela dorsalis
Cicindela dorsalis
ssp. dorsalis
Conservation status

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Cicindelinae
Genus: Cicindela
Species: C. dorsalis
Binomial name
Cicindela dorsalis
Say, 1817

Cicindela dorsalis (common name eastern beach tiger beetle) is a species of tiger beetle found in the eastern United States. The larva of ssp. media moves by distorting its body into the shape of a wheel, and then rolling along the ground.[1]

The subspecies dorsalis, the northeastern beach tiger beetle, is a federally listed threatened species of the United States. In 2009 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recommended the subspecies be uplisted to endangered status.[2]

References

  1. ^ Scientists observe wind-powered wheel locomotion in tiger beetle larvae, physorg.com, March 28, 2011
  2. ^ USFWS. Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis Five-year Review. March 2009.


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