Ellipsoptera

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Ellipsoptera
Moustached Tiger Beetle - Ellipsoptera hirtilabris, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida.jpg
Ellipsoptera hirtilabris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Genus: Ellipsoptera
Dokhtouroff, 1883

Ellipsoptera is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 13 described species in Ellipsoptera, found in North America. [1] [2] [3]

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Ellipsoptera puritana

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Ellipsoptera:

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References

  1. "Ellipsoptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. "Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  3. 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 .