Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758
(Green Tiger Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
GenusCicindela (tiger beetles)
SubfamilyCICINDELINAE (tiger beetles)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle) :
1: Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
4 Jun 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
dead beetle in dog paw-print
Image 1: Elytral margin - ornamentation - detail - microscope low magnificationImage 2: Elytron - ornamentation - detail - magnifiedImage 3: Elytron - ornamentation - detail - microscope low magnificationImage 4: Thorax and scutellum - ornamentation - detail - microscope low magnification
2: Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
21 Apr 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: In situ
3: Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
18 May 2008 OSGR: NS03 55° 40’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
on path through woodland
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Dorsal view (3)Image 4: Dorsal view (4)Image 5: Dorso-lateral viewImage 6: Latero-dorsal viewImage 7: Latero-dorsal view (2)Image 8: Rear three-quarter viewImage 9: Rear three-quarter view (2)
4: Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
14 Jun 2007 OSGR: SU61 50° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
running along ground
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - in situImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - in situ (2)Image 3: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - in situImage 4: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - in situ (2)Image 5: Postero-dorsal view - close-up - in situImage 6: Postero-dorsal view - close-up - in situ (2)
5: Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
22 Jun 1974 OSGR: SE66 54° 0’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
on heathland
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Front view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Front view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle)
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