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Genus Opilidia - Opilid Tiger Beetles

Representative Images

Cicindela chlorocephala - Opilidia chlorocephala Cicindela chlorocephala - Opilidia chlorocephala

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 Opilidia (Opilid Tiger Beetles)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly a subgenus of Cicindela, elevated to full genus rank by Erwin and Pearson (2008).

Print References

Erwin, T. L. and D. L. Pearson. 2008. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume II (Carabidae-Nebriiformes 2-Cicindelitae). Pensoft Series Faunistica 84. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 400 pp.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 October, 2009 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by TCMacRae
Last updated 25 October, 2009 - 10:13am

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