Ellipsoptera nevadica, the Nevada tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Mating Nevada tiger beetles, Ellipsoptera nevadica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Ellipsoptera |
| Species: | E. nevadica
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| Binomial name | |
| Ellipsoptera nevadica (LeConte, 1875)
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Subspecies
editThese nine subspecies belong to the species Ellipsoptera nevadica:
- Ellipsoptera nevadica citata (Rumpp, 1977)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica knausi
- Ellipsoptera nevadica knausii (Leng, 1902)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica lincolniana (Casey, 1916) (salt creek tiger beetle)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica makosika (Spomer, 2004)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica metallica (Sumlin, 1990)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica nevadica (LeConte, 1875)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica olmosa (Vaurie, 1951)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica tubensis (Cazier, 1939)
References
edit- ^ a b "Ellipsoptera nevadica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ellipsoptera nevadica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ellipsoptera nevadica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
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