| 词条 | Cicindela theatina |
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|name = Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle |image = File:Great Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle, 2015 (18684781963).jpg |regnum = Animalia |phylum = Arthropoda |classis = Insecta |ordo = Coleoptera |familia = Carabidae |genus = Cicindela |species = C. theatina |binomial = Cicindela theatina |binomial_authority = Rotger, 1944 |subdivision_ranks = |subdivision = }}Cicindela theatina, commonly known as the Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle, is a predatory beetle found in sparsely vegetated sandy habitats.[1] The species' range encompasses only about {{convert|290|km2}} in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.[2] Despite its small range, the species is relatively secure because its entire habitat is within a protected national park.[3] The adults are about {{convert|13|mm}} long and are readily distinguished by the violin-shaped marking on their backs and their iridescent green-blue heads.[1] The insects live for approximately 2.5 years, with mating occurring in late May and larvae appearing the next month.[2] The larval stage lasts a little more than a year, with adults emerging the next July.[2] References1. ^1 {{cite web| url=https://www.nps.gov/grsa/learn/nature/insects.htm | title= Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes | work=Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve | publisher=National Park Service | access-date=November 25, 2017}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q13467923}}{{Cicindelinae-stub}}2. ^1 2 {{cite journal | title=Natural History of the Colorado Great Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle, Cicindela theatina Rotger | journal=Transactions of the American Entomological Society | first1=Phyllis M. | last1=Pineda | first2=Boris C. | last2=Kondratieff | volume=129 | number=3/4 | date=December 2003 | pages=333–360 | jstor= 25078819}} 3. ^{{cite news | title=How biologists are working to keep the Great Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle off the endangered species list | first=Bruce | last=Finley | work=The Denver Post | date=June 25, 2017 | url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/25/how-biologists-are-working-to-keep-the-great-sand-dunes-tiger-beetle-off-the-endangered-species-list/ | access-date=November 25, 2017}} 3 : Cicindela|Beetles described in 1944|Beetles of the United States |
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