Tidal-flat
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Cicindela senilis
Senile Tiger Beetle
Cicindela senilis, commonly known as the senile tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle endemic to western California. It inhabits specialized saline environments including tidal mud flats, coastal salt marshes, and inland salt marshes. The species is recognized to have three subspecies: C. s. senilis (nominate), C. s. exoleta, and C. s. frosti. Subspecies frosti has been documented in Lake Elsinore and several counties in southern California including Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego.
Eunota gabbii
Western Tidal Flat Tiger Beetle
Eunota gabbii, the western tidal flat tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It was formerly classified under the genera Cicindela and Habroscelimorpha before being moved to Eunota. The species is associated with tidal flat and saline habitats in western North America.
Eunota togata togata
White-cloaked Tiger Beetle
Eunota togata togata is the nominate subspecies of the White-cloaked Tiger Beetle, occurring in salt marshes and tidal flats along the Gulf Coast of the United States and Mexico. Unlike the inland subspecies E. t. globicollis (Alkali Tiger Beetle) and E. t. fascinans (Salt Flat Tiger Beetle), this form shows the least expansion of the characteristic white elytral band that gives the species its name. The species epithet 'togata' derives from Latin 'toga,' referring to this cloaking white margin.