page_title: Cicindela albissima
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Cicindela albissima / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: On the way from the east entrance of Zion National Park to Kanab, Utah, I decided to check out this little gem of a state park. Great place to visit and worth the detour - the only problem was the noise and sand kicked up by all the ATVs running up and down the dunes, but they looked like they were having a lot of fun and I wish I could have joined them! I took these photos in October 2012.
context_page_description: Cicindela albissima, commonly called the Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle is a species of tiger beetle endemic to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in southern Utah, United States. It was originally described by Rumpp in 1962 as the subspecies Cicindela limbata albissima, but mitochondrial DNA, along with the species' morphological and geographical distinctiveness, have shown that it is a separate species. C. albissima can be distinguished from other Cicindela species by its restricted range and lack of pigmentation on its elytra.
context_section_description: Cicindela albissima is endemic to twenty percent of the 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) Coral Pink Sand Dunes, which are within Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kane County, Utah. Its occupied habitat is about 5,900 feet (1,800 m) long by 1,000 feet (300 m) wide. The dunes are about 7 miles (11 km) west of Kanab, and their southern extent is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the Arizona border.
caption: Coral Pink Sand Dunes
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