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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Blunt-lipped Tiger Beetles (Amblycheilini) » Night-stalking Tiger Beetles (Omus) » Audouin's Night-stalking Tiger Beetle (Omus audouini)

Species Omus audouini - Audouin's Night-stalking Tiger Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Omus audouini? - Omus audouini - female Omus audouini? - Omus audouini - female Black Beetle - Omus audouini - male Beetle April 30 - Omus audouini - male Bettle - Omus audouini Bettle - Omus audouini WSU-5 - Omus audouini The Night-Stalker - Omus audouini - 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 Amblycheilini (Blunt-lipped Tiger Beetles)
Genus Omus (Night-stalking Tiger Beetles)
Species audouini (Audouin's Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Omus audouini Reiche, 1838

17 names have been synonymized under O. audouini (1)
Size
14 to 18 mm (2)
Range
Southern BC to northern CA (2)
Habitat
Usually found in forested areas. (2)
Season
February to June (2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America north of Mexico
Y. Bousquet and A. Larochelle. 1993. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 125: 1-397.
2.A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada
David Pearson, C. Barry Knisley, Charles J. Kazilek, David L. Pearson, Barry C. Knisley. 2005. Oxford University Press.
Contributed by William Ericson on 24 April, 2009 - 12:06pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Nick Block
Last updated 4 July, 2012 - 9:32pm

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