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Elliptical-winged Tiger Beetles
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Elliptical-winged Tiger Beetles

Ellipsoptera

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

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

marginata Species Group

complexEllipsoptera marginata

Ghost Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera lepida

Moustached Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera hirtilabris

Sandy Stream Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera macra

Coppery Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera cuprascens

Nevada Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera nevadica

Aridland Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera marutha

Whitish Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera gratiosa

Puritan Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera puritana

Rio Grande Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera sperata

White-sand Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera wapleri

Sandbar Tiger Beetle

speciesEllipsoptera blanda

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120476.