Apterodela unipunctata, the one-spotted tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America. This species was formerly in the genus Cylindera.[1][2] It has a Nearctic distribution and lives in open forest and leaf litter. It is believed to be the sister taxon to Apterodela ovipennis.[3]
| Apterodela unipunctata | |
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| One-spotted tiger beetle, Apterodela unipunctata, Virginia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Apterodela |
| Species: | A. unipunctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Apterodela unipunctata (Fabricius, 1775)
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References
edit- ^ 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). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2022). "A new genus of tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from the Nearctic and Neotropical realms". Zootaxa. 5175 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5175.2.7.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlam M. (27 Sep 2019). "Unifying systematics and taxonomy: Nomenclatural changes to Nearctic tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) based on phylogenetics, morphology and life history". Insecta Mundi. 0727.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Apterodela unipunctata at iNaturalist
Media related to Cylindera unipunctata at Wikimedia Commons
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