Cicindela tuberculata

Common tiger beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Cicindela
Species: C. tuberculata
Binomial name
Cicindela tuberculata
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • 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, a name that is also applied to the Cicindela genus, 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. The species can run as fast as 5 miles per hour and are considered to be the fastest running beetles. Adult species prefer clay banks in summer and are good predators when in comes to insects.[1]

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References and external links

  1. "Cicindela tuberculata". Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved December 24, 2013.