Cicindela senilis explained

Cicindela senilis, or the senile tiger beetle is a species of tiger beetle found in western California.^[1] It lives in tidal mud flats and both coastal and inland salt marshes.^{[2] [3]}

Three subspecies are recognized:

• Cicindela senilis senilis (G.H. Horn, 1867)
• Cicindela senilis exoleta (Casey, 1909)
• Cicindela senilis frosti (Varas Arangua, 1928)
  • Populations of Cicindela senilis frosti have been found in a salt marsh in Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, as well as in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.^[4]

External links

• C. senilis at BugGuide.net

Notes and References

1. Bousquet . Yves . Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico . ZooKeys . November 28, 2012 . 245 . 1–1722 . 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . free . 23431087 . 3577090 . 2012ZooK..245....1B . September 28, 2021.
2. Knisley. C. Barry. Kippenhan. Mike. Brzoska. David. 2014. Conservation status of United States tiger beetles. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 7. 2–4. 93–145. 10.1163/18749836-07021077 . Academic Search Complete.
3. Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships. Duran . Daniel P.. Gough . Harlan M.. Systematic Entomology. 45. 4. 2020. 723–729 . 10.1111/syen.12440. free. 2020SysEn..45..723D .
4. Kamoun. Sophien. December 1996. Occurrence of the Threatened Cicindela senilis frosti Varas-Arangua in an Inland Salt Marsh in Riverside County, California (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 50. 4. 369–371. 4009274 . JSTOR.