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Ellipsoptera marginata

Ellipsoptera marginata, the margined tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.

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Ellipsoptera marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Ellipsoptera
Species:
E. marginata
Binomial name
Ellipsoptera marginata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms1
  • Cicindela marginata Fabricius, 1775

Ellipsoptera marginata, the margined tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.12345

References

References

  1. "Ellipsoptera marginata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Ellipsoptera marginata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  4. 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): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
Further reading

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.
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