Amblycheila is a genus of flightless, nocturnal tiger beetles. There are eight species distributed across the southwestern United States and Mexico.[1]
| Amblycheila | |
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| Amblycheila schwarzi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Amblycheilini |
| Genus: | Amblycheila Say, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Manticora cylindriformis Say, 1823 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amblycheila has been considered a member of the tribe Amblycheilini,[2] but recent research places it in the tribe Manticorini.[3] It is referred to variously as a member of either tribe.
Species
edit- Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890 – montane giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say, 1823) – Great Plains giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila halffteri Mateu, 1974
- Amblycheila hoversoni Gage, 1990 – South Texas giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila katzi Roman & Duran, 2019
- Amblycheila nyx Sumlin, 1991
- Amblycheila picolominii Reiche, 1839 – plateau giant tiger beetle
- Amblycheila schwarzi W. Horn, 1903 – Mojave giant tiger beetle
References
edit- ^ a b Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
- ^ "Amblycheila Say, 1830". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
External links
edit- Amblycheila. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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