Clivina collaris
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Clivina
- Clivina collaris
Cillenus lateralis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Cillenus
- Cillenus lateralis
Description
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Clivina fossor
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Clivina
- Clivina fossor
Description
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Cicindela sylvatica
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Cicindela
- Cicindela sylvatica
Common name
Heath Tiger Beetle or Wood Tiger Beetle.
Description
Size: 14-18mm
Basic colour: Dark brown.
Pattern colour: Elytra marked with pale yellow basal and apical spots and central narrow curved band. Outer edge of mandibles pale yellow.
Leg colour: Black with metallic reflections.
Basic colour: Dark brown.
Pattern colour: Elytra marked with pale yellow basal and apical spots and central narrow curved band. Outer edge of mandibles pale yellow.
Leg colour: Black with metallic reflections.
Biology
Status: Scarce. Very local in Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Lowland Heaths.
Other notes: Elytral surface roughened, with irregular depressions as well as smaller punctures. Labrum black with sharp central ridge.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Lowland Heaths.
Other notes: Elytral surface roughened, with irregular depressions as well as smaller punctures. Labrum black with sharp central ridge.
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Cicindela hybrida
UKBAP Species
Yes
Size
12-16mm
Basic colour
Purplish-brown.
Pattern colour
Pale curved markings on elytra; green metallic highlights (visible under a microscope).
Leg colour
Black or dark brown with metallic reflections.
Cicindela maritima
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Cicindela
- Cicindela maritima
Common name
Dune tiger beetle
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Cicindela hybrida
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Cicindela
- Cicindela hybrida
Common name
Northern Dune Tiger Beetle
Description
Size: 12-16mm
Basic colour: Purplish-brown.
Pattern colour: Pale curved markings on elytra; green metallic highlights (visible under a microscope).
Pronotoum: Transverse.
Leg colour: Black or dark brown with metallic reflections.
Confusion species: Cicindela maritima
Basic colour: Purplish-brown.
Pattern colour: Pale curved markings on elytra; green metallic highlights (visible under a microscope).
Pronotoum: Transverse.
Leg colour: Black or dark brown with metallic reflections.
Confusion species: Cicindela maritima
Biology
Status: Local but can be abundant. Known only from Lancashire and South Cumbria.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Dunes, lowland heath and open grassland.
Other notes: Head as wide as pronotum. Labrum pale without central ridge. Sides of thorax and underside of abdomen with dense white hairs. Elytra with three curved marks on each, the central bandbent medially at about 45°. Surface with minute punctures. Aedeagus curved apically, internal sac with two sub-apical teeth.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Dunes, lowland heath and open grassland.
Other notes: Head as wide as pronotum. Labrum pale without central ridge. Sides of thorax and underside of abdomen with dense white hairs. Elytra with three curved marks on each, the central bandbent medially at about 45°. Surface with minute punctures. Aedeagus curved apically, internal sac with two sub-apical teeth.
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Chlaenius vestitus
Size
9-11mm
Basic colour
Bright green, sometimes with a golden or bluish tint.
Leg colour
Pale.
Chlaenius tristis
UKBAP Species
Yes
RDB Category
Endangered
Size
11-13mm
Basic colour
Black, sometimes with a coppery metallic reflection.
Leg colour
Black
Chlaenius nitidulus
RDB Category
Endangered
Size
10.5-12.5mm
Basic colour
Bright metallic golden-green.
Leg colour
Pale yellow-brown with femora and tarsi slightly darker.