Eunota togata

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Eunota togata
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Eunota togata globicollis in Margarita island mangrove.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Eunota
Species:
E. togata
Binomial name
Eunota togata
(LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841)
Synonyms

Cicindela togataLaFerté-Sénectère, 1841

Eunota togata, the white-cloaked tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It was formerly known as Cicindela togata. [1]

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Subspecies

Four subspecies of Eunota togata are recognised: [2]

Description

Adult beetles are 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) in length.

Habitat

The beetle likes salt. It prefers salty marshes, flats, and saline lakeshores. [3]

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References

  1. Alternative biological name
  2. Acciavatti, R.E. (2021). "Taxonomic revision of Eunota togata (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in North America with a new subspecies from western Texas and New Mexico, United States". Insecta Mundi . 0848: 1–32.
  3. Species habitat