Tiger beetle species and subspecies

Here’s a list of all the taxonomic names associated with the Schultz Tiger Beetle collection that are featured in the “An Ambush of Tiger Beetles” expeditions in Notes from Nature. Many of these names below are outdated, but they are being used for the purpose of the data transcription project.

The genus name is always capitalized and the species and subspecies are all lower case. In the tiger beetle of the Schultz collection, , the genus name may sometimes be abbreviated. Example: Cicindela may be abbreviated as C.

Taxonomic names may be accompanied by the author of (=person who named) the species/subspecies. Author name, when present, will appear after the genus + species + subspecies name. Common author names that appear in the Schultz collection are Casey, Cazier, Dejean, LeConte, Leng, Rumpp, Say, Vaurie, among several others. See the list of taxonomic names below to check the author name.

For the purpose of the transcription project, author name should only be copied in the verbatim transcription fields.

A new tiger beetle data transcription expedition will start in January 2023.