- Cicindela tuberculata
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Common tiger beetle Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Adephaga Family: Carabidae Subfamily: Cicindelinae Genus: Cicindela Species: C. tuberculata Binomial name Cicindela tuberculata
Fabricius, 1775Synonyms - Cicindela tuberculata Fabricius, 1775
- Cicindela tuberculosa Olivier, 1790a
- Cicindela tuberculata tuberculata Chaudoir, 1865a
- Cicindela huttoni Broun, 1877b
- Neocicindela tuberculata Rivalier, 1963
Cicindela tuberculata is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae of the family Carabidae, endemic to New Zealand. Its common names include common tiger beetle, moeone, and papapa, and in its laval stage penny doctor, butcher boy, kapuku, kui, kurikuri, moeone, and muremure. Cicindela tuberculata was the first carabid beetle described from New Zealand.
References and external links
Categories:- Cicindela
- Beetles of New Zealand
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