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Genus Dromochorus - Dromo Tiger Beetles

BG1568 C9953 - Dromochorus pilatei - male Tiger Beetle - Dromochorus pilatei Cicindela (Dromochorus) belfragei Salle - Dromochorus belfragei bug - Dromochorus belfragei Cajun Tiger Beetle? - Dromochorus pilatei Dromochorus belfragei Dromochorus pilatei - female Dromochorus pilatei - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Cicindelinae (Tiger Beetles)
Tribe Cicindelini (Flashy Tiger Beetles)
Genus Dromochorus (Dromo Tiger Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly treated as a subgenus of Cicindela
Explanation of Names
Dromochorus Guérin-Méneville 1849
Numbers
8 spp., all in our area(1)
Identification
key to spp. in (1)
Range
south-central US & adjacent Mexico; by far most diverse in TX(1)
Habitat
low elevations, usually below 500 m(1)
Works Cited
1.Cryptic diversity in the North American Dromochorus tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)...
Duran DP, Herrmann DP, Roman SJ, Gwiazdowski RA, Drummond JA, Hood GR, Egan SP. 2019. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 186: 250–285.