Amblycheila
| Amblycheila | |
|---|---|
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| Amblycheila schwarzi | |
| 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] | |
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Amblycheila is a genus of flightless, nocturnal tiger beetles. There are seven species distributed across the southwestern United States and Mexico.[2]
- Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890 – montane giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say, 1823) – Great Plains giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila halffteri Mateu, 1974
- Amblycheila hoversoni Gage, 1991 – South Texas giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila nyx Sumlin, 1991
- Amblycheila picolominii Reiche, 1839 – plateau giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila schwarzi W. Horn, 1903 – Mojave giant tiger beetle
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ Krell, F. and J. O. Brookhart. (2012). The plateau giant tiger beetle, Amblycheila picolominii Reiche, 1839, in Utah: New state record (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae). Western North American Naturalist 72(1) 110-11.
- ↑ "Amblycheila Say, 1829". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.
External links
- Amblycheila. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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