| Cicindela dorsalis | |
|---|---|
| ssp. dorsalis | |
| Conservation status | |
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Apparently Secure (NatureServe) |
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| 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 |
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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]