Cicindela soluta pannonica is a rare Tiger Beetle species, which is a restricted range endemic of the Pannonian steppe. It is found in the dry steppe and loess steppe in Hungary and Austria. The reason for its rarity is that most of its habitat, the loess steppe has been converted into agricultural land.  The species prefers sparsely vegetated areas with a combination of short grasses and bare soil. It avoids large areas with no vegetation at all, such as large bare sand-dunes. It is a very early spring species, which - despite it's highly localised character, was apparently not uncommon in the steppes of Orkeny.