Amblycheila

Amblycheila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Cicindelinae
Tribe: Omini
Genus: Amblycheila
Say, 1830 [1]
Type species
Manticora cylindriformis Say, 1823 [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Amblychila
  • Chaleposomus

Amblycheila is a genus of flightless, nocturnal tiger beetles. There are at least five species occurring sparsely over much of the central and western United States, and with a few more species found southwards into Mexico.

Species include:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Richard Freitag (1999). Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada and the United States. Volume 132 of Canadian special publication of fisheries and aquatic sciences. NRC Research Press. ISBN 978-0-660-17640-6. 
  2. ^ "Amblycheila Say, 1829". Carabidae of the World. 2011. http://carabidae.pro/carabidae/amblycheila-say-1829.html. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.