BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Cicindela pugetana
Sagebrush Tiger Beetle
| Scientific Name: | Cicindela pugetana Casey, 1914 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Sagebrush Tiger Beetle | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Freitag, R. P. 1999. Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada and the United States. National Research Council Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. 195 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | CO-CICPUG | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4 (Feb 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S2S3 (Nov 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2005) | ||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
N / N / N / na / |
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Grassland/Shrub / Sagebrush Steppe / Obligate
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Cicindela pugetana. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 14, 2026).