Cicindela hybrida transversalis

Cicindela hybrida transversalis is a subspecies of the northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida) found across Central Europe, particularly in Austria and southern France.^[1]

Cicindela hybrida transversalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Cicindela
Species:	C. hybrida
Subspecies:	C. h. transversalis
Trinomial name
Cicindela hybrida transversalis Dejean, 1822

Taxonomy

In 1822, French entomologist Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean first described this beetle as C. riparia.^[2] However, upon discovering the name had been previously attributed to a ground beetle, Elaphrus riparius, Dejean renamed the species C. transversalis, although he noted it may actually be a "variety" of C. hybrida.^[3]