Tiger Beetles of South Dakota and Nebraska

Authors

Stephen M. Spomer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Matthew L. Brust, Chadron State CollegeFollow
Doug Backlund, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and ParksFollow
Scott Weins, Black Hills National Forest

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

5-2008

Citation

Published by the Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2008

Abstract

With color photographs of each, covers the morphology, habitats, conservation, species accounts, and distribution maps of 39 tiger beetles (family Cicindelidae or Carabidae) from Nebraska and South Dakota (United States), as well as possible occurrences of 6 others. Also includes a glossary of terms and references.

Checklist of South Dakota and Nebraska Tiger Beetles

Amblycheila cylindriformis Say

Tetracha carolina L.¹

T. virginica L.

Cicindela longilabris laurentii Schaupp

C. nebraskana Casey

C. remanda Dejean

C. duodecimguttata Dejean

C. hirticollis shelfordi Graves

C. limbata Say

C. limbata limbata Say

C. limbata nympha Casey

C. formosa Say

C. formosa formosa Say

C. formosa generosa Dejean

C. formosa manitota Leng

C. purpurea Olivier

C. purpurea audubonii Le Conte

C. purpurea purpurea Olivier²

C. splendida Hentz

C. denverensis Casey

C. limbalis Klug

C. decemnotata Say

C. sexguttata F.

C. pulchra Say

C. fulgida Say

C. scutellaris Say

C. scutellaris lecontei Haldeman

C. scutellaris scutellaris Say

C. tranquebarica Herbst

C. tranquebarica kirbyi Le Conte

C. tranquebarica tranquebarica Herbst

C. lengi W. Hom

C. lengi lengi W. Hom

C. lengi versuta Casey

C. punctulata Olivier

C. lepida Dejean

C. circumpictajohnsonii Fitch

C. tenuisignata Le Conte

C. togata globicollis Casey

C. cursitans Le Conte

C. celeripes Le Conte²

C. nevadica Le Conte

C. nevadica knausii Leng

C. nevadica lincolniana Casey

C. nevadica makosika Spomer

C. cuprascens Le Conte

C. macra Le Conte

C. terricola Say

C. terricola cinctipennis Le Conte

C. terricola terricola Say

¹ Questionable occurrence or extirpated; ² Probably extirpated