Ellipsoptera nevadica

Ellipsoptera nevadica
Mating Nevada tiger beetles, Ellipsoptera nevadica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Ellipsoptera
Species:	E. nevadica
Binomial name
Ellipsoptera nevadica (LeConte, 1875)
Synonyms [1]
Cicindela nevadica LeConte, 1875

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]}

Subspecies

These 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

1. "Ellipsoptera nevadica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Ellipsoptera nevadica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Ellipsoptera nevadica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. 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.
5. 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

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-33029-0.