Rivacindela hudsoni

Rivacindela hudsoni is an Australian species of the family Cicindelinae or "tiger beetle" and is the fastest-running known insect. The genus Rivacindela is contentiously treated as a subgenus of the broader Cicindela and are typically found in saline habitats such as dry salt lakes and salt streams and are flightless. The species was discovered in South Australia and described in 1997, with an adult form of approximately 20–21mm in length and a running speed of 2.49 m/s, or 120 body lengths per second. The comprehensive phylogeny that defines the Rivacindela hudsoni is as follows: Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae, Rivacindela, Rivacindela hudsoni. rdf:langString