Amblycheila cylindriformis

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Amblycheila cylindriformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Amblycheila
Species:
A. cylindriformis
Binomial name
Amblycheila cylindriformis
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Manticora cylindriformisSay, 1823

Amblycheila cylindriformis is a species of flightless tiger beetle. It shares its genus with at least five other species in the United States, with a few more found in Mexico.

The beetle is nocturnal and flightless, and lives in grassland areas of the Great Plains; far-southwestern South Dakota seems to be the northernmost limit of its habitat. A. cylindriformis can be found walking along bare ground at night, and can be collected in pitfall traps. Larval tunnels are found in Colby silt loam soil. [1]


References

  1. Rice, Marlin E. (2012). "Microhabitat Preference of Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle Larvae, Amblycheila cylindriformis Say (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae), is Influenced by Soil Slope Profile" . The Coleopterists Bulletin. 66 (3): 280–284. doi:10.1649/072.066.0316. ISSN   0010-065X. JSTOR   23253923. S2CID   86167256 . Retrieved 27 January 2024.