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In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 1,849 inbound references to Cicindelinae, and connects out to Carabidae, Adephaga and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Cicindelidae, Commons link is locally defined and Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items.
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 156
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Carabidae
- Collections
- TTU, CHAS, ASU
- Recorded in
- Peru, United States, Colombia
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Cicindelidae
- taxon name
- Cicindelinae
- taxon rank
- subfamily
- topic's main category
- Category:Cicindelidae
- taxon common name
- sandjegere
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Tiger beetles or the Cicindelidae are a family of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, Rivacindela hudsoni, can run at a speed of 9 km/h (5.6 mph; 2.5 m/s), or about 125 body lengths per second. As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics. While historically treated as a subfamily of ground beetles (Carabidae) under the name Cicindelinae, several studies since 2020 indicated that they should be treated as a family, the Cicindelidae, a sister group to Carabidae, within the Adephaga.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cicindelinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.