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Cicindela sylvatica

UKBAP Species
Yes
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.

Clivina collaris

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Clivina
  • Clivina collaris

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Cillenus lateralis

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Cillenus
  • Cillenus lateralis

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Clivina fossor

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Clivina
  • Clivina fossor

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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.

UK Priority Species Data collation for Cicindela sylvatica 

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.

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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

UK Priority Species data collation Cicindela hybrida.

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.

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