Kingdom Animalia Order Coleoptera Subfamily Cicindelinae Scientific name Cicindela puritana Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Carabidae Genus Cicindela Higher classification Cicindela | |
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Similar Tiger beetle, Beetle, Insect, Cicindela dorsalis, Cicindela | ||
Cicindela puritana, commonly referred to as the Puritan tiger beetle, is a federally listed threatened species of beetle in the United States. It is native to Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont; it is now extirpated from the latter two states. Today it occurs along the Chesapeake Bay, an area near the Sassafras River, and a small stretch of land along the Connecticut River.
There are two occurrences on the Connecticut River, and about nine populations in Maryland.
In 2007 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recommended the species be uplisted to endangered status.
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