The status of the Columbia tiger beetle (Cicindela columbica Hatch) in Idaho (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Shook, Gary

Source:

Pan-Pacific Entomologist, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, Volume 57, Issue 2, p.359-363 (1981)

Call Number:

A81SHO01IDUS

Keywords:

Cicindela columbica, Cicindela hirticollis, Cicindela oregona, Cicindela repanda, Cicindela tranquebarica, Columbia tiger beetle, SWAP

Abstract:

The Columbia Tiger Beetle, Cicindela columbica Hatch, is generally found in large, viable populations in Idaho within the lower Salmon River canyon from near Slate Creek to Eagle Creek. It was not found below Eagle Creek on the Salmon River and was found nowhere on the Snake River to Heller's Bar. It generally occupies older, well-established bars that extend back from the river sufficiently to generally not be inundated by spring runoff waters. Although the beetle is generally intraspecifically gregarious, it does share its area with four other species of tiger beetles: Cicindela oregona, C. repanda, C. hirticollis, and C. tranquebarica.

Notes:

ELECTRONIC FILE: Zoology; ANIMAL EF: INSECTS: CICINDELA COLUMBICA

SWAP (2/19/2016) citation:
Shook, G. 1981. The status of the Columbia tiger beetle (Cicindela columbica Hatch) in Idaho (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(2): 359-363

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