Department of Environmental Science; Rowan University; Glassboro; NJ 08028; USA.
Deserticolus Bioconsulting; Green Valley; AZ 86622 USA.
Zootaxa. 2023 May 19;5293(1):179-184. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.1.9.
A new tiger beetle species, Cicindela timbisha Duran, Chambers, Nelson & Roman n. sp., of the tribe Cicindelini, is described from the Death Valley ecoregion of eastern California, USA. It is most similar to C. senilis G.Horn, 1866 but is distinguished on the basis of multiple morphological characteristics, including differences in maculations, chaetotaxy of the antennae and a statistically significant difference in body size (P<0.001). The new species also differs from C. senilis in that it is found in an isolated freshwater spring in an inland basin east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, whereas C. senilis is found in saline soils, primarily coastal areas and inland plains, west of the Sierra Nevada range.
一种新的虎甲虫物种，即 Cicindela timbisha Duran、Chambers、Nelson & Roman n. sp.，属于 Cicindelini 部落，来自美国加利福尼亚州东部的死亡谷生态区。它与 C. senilis G.Horn, 1866 最为相似，但在多个形态特征上存在差异，包括斑纹、触角的毛序以及体型上的显著差异（P<0.001）。新物种与 C. senilis 的不同之处在于它存在于内华达山脉以东的内陆盆地中的一个孤立的淡水泉中，而 C. senilis 则存在于内华达山脉以西的盐碱土壤中，主要是沿海地区和内陆平原。
