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The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa (Part 1) by Fanny Chastina Thompson Wickham, 1895

The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa by Fanny Chastina Thompson Wickham, 1895, Page 25

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with broad metallic coloured head and prothorax, and a large hump bearing two hooks on the fifth abdominal segment. They live in holes from six to eighteen inches deep which they excavate in sunny spots and lie in wait for prey with the head closing up the mouth of the burrow; when an insect comes within reach it is seized and the juices extracted.
The larvae of Cicindela and Tetracha may be separated in the following manner:-
Cicindela - Maxillary palpi with third joint longer than second, fifth abdominal segment with one hook and an acute tubercle on each side.
Tetracha - Maxillary palpi with third joint shorter than second; fifth abdominal segment with two acute hooks on each side.
The species of Cicindela may be separated as follows:
A. Trochanters same colour as under surface of body.
a. Thorax convex, narrowed behind, palpi black.
b. Elytra without well defined median band.
c. Green, with large humeral, marginal

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13. with broad metallic coloured head and prothorax, and a large hump bearing two hooks on the fifth abdominal segment. They live in holes from six to eighteen inches deep which they excavate in sunny spots and lie in wait for prey with the head closing up the mouth of the burrow; when an insect comes within reach it is seized and the juices extracted. The larvae of Cicindela and Tetracha may be separated in the following manner:- Cicindela - Maxillary palpi with third joint longer than second, fifth abdominal segment with one hook and an acute tubercle on each side. Tetracha - Maxillary palpi with third joint shorter than second; fifth abdominal segment with two acute hooks on each side. The species of Cicindela may be separated as follows: A. Trochanters same colour as under surface of body. a. Thorax convex, narrowed behind, palpi black. b. Elytra without well defined median band. c. Green, with large humeral, marginal