{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Zecicindela'' | image = Zecicindela hamiltoni 13960544.jpg | image_caption = ''Zecicindela hamiltoni'' | taxon = Zecicindela | authority = Larochelle & Larivière, 2013 }}
'''''Zecicindela''''' is a genus of tiger beetles endemic to New Zealand. It is in the Cicindelini tribe, along with another New Zealand genus, ''Neocicindela''. It is similar to ''Neocicindela'', but can be separated by the shape of the labrum and the presence of hairs on the clypeus, frons, genae and pronotum. ''Zecicindela'' live on riverbanks and the seashore, while ''Neocicindela'' may live away from water.<ref name="Larochelle20133">{{Cite journal |last1=Larochelle |first1=A |last2=Larivière |first2=M-C |date=2013 |title=Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of species, Cicindelinae to Trechinae (in part) |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/fnz/article/view/fnz.69 |journal=Fauna of New Zealand |volume=69 |doi=10.7931/J2/FNZ.69 |issn=1179-7193}}</ref>
== Taxonomy == The ''Zecicindela'' genus was created in 2013 following a 2011 genetics study which provided strong evidence that the ''Neocicindela'' genus should be split in two.<ref name="Pons">{{Cite journal |last1=Pons |first1=J |last2=Fujisawa |first2=T |last3=Claridge |first3=E M |last4=Savill |first4=A R |last5=Barraclough |first5=T G |last6=Vogler |first6=A P |date=2011 |title=Deep mtDNA subdivision within Linnean species in an endemic radiation of tiger beetles from New Zealand (genus ''Neocicindela'') |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790311000625 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=251–262 |bibcode=2011MolPE..59..251P |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.013 |pmid=21338699}}</ref><ref name="Larochelle20133" /> The name ''Zecicindela'' is derived from "Ze-" (for "New Zealand") and "Cicindela" (the type genus of Cicindelini).<ref name="Larochelle20133" />
=== Phylogeny === {{cladogram|title=Phylogeny<ref name=Pons />|clades={{clade|{{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Zecicindela campbelli'' |2=''Zecicindela perhispida'' }} |2={{clade |1=''Zecicindela brevilunata'' |2=''Zecicindela giveni'' }} }} |2={{clade |1=''Zecicindela helmsi'' |2=''Zecicindela helmsi'' }} }} |2=''Zecicindela helmsi'' }} |2=''Zecicindela austromontana'' }} |2=''Zecicindela feredayi'' }} |2={{clade |1=''Zecicindela hamiltoni'' }} }}|label1=}}|align=right}}A 2011 study examined the genetic relationships of New Zealand's tiger beetles. The combined sequences of cytochrome oxidase I, cytochrome b and 16S rRNA found that ''Zecicindela'' formed a clade (group of organisms that comprise all descendants of a common ancestor) that was distinct and separate from ''Neocicindela''.
==Species== As of November 2024, it contains ten species, all endemic to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zecicindela Larochelle & Larivière, 2013 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8219331 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Zecicindela austromontana'' <small>(Bates, 1878)</small> * ''Zecicindela brevilunata'' <small>(W.Horn, 1926)</small> * ''Zecicindela campbelli'' <small>(Broun, 1886)</small> * ''Zecicindela feredayi'' <small>(Bates, 1867)</small> * ''Zecicindela giveni'' <small>(Brouerius van Nidek, 1965)</small> * ''Zecicindela hamiltoni'' <small>(Broun, 1921)</small> * ''Zecicindela helmsi'' <small>(Sharp, 1886)</small> * ''Zecicindela perhispida'' <small>(Broun, 1880)</small> * ''Zecicindela savilli'' <small>(Wiesner, 1988)</small> * ''Zecicindela tekapoensis'' <small>Emberson & Syrett & Blakely, 2018</small>
== References == <references />
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Category:Cicindelidae Category:Endemic beetles of New Zealand
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