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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Blunt-lipped Tiger Beetles (Amblycheilini) » Night-stalking Tiger Beetles (Omus) » Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle (Omus dejeanii)

Species Omus dejeanii - Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dejean's Flightless Tiger Beetle - Omus dejeanii Is this a Carabus nemoralis? - Omus dejeanii - female Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetles Mating - Omus dejeanii - male - female Silver Star Mountain Beetle 7 - Omus dejeanii ZE.26469_Omus_dejeanii - Omus dejeanii - female Omus dejeanii? - Omus dejeanii Beetle - Omus dejeanii Night-stalking tiger beetle with prey - Omus dejeanii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Cicindelinae (Tiger Beetles)
Tribe Amblycheilini (Blunt-lipped Tiger Beetles)
Genus Omus (Night-stalking Tiger Beetles)
Species dejeanii (Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)
Other Common Names
Dejean's Flightless Tiger Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Omus dejeanii, not dejeani Also, see Pearson et al.
Explanation of Names
Nocturnal
Numbers
Omus is the least well known North American Tiger Beetle genus, five recognized species all occur on the West Coast
Size
15 - 21 mm long
Identification
Key
Habitat
Forest edges, especially at high elevations (1)

Food
Predacious
Print References
Milne, page 536 (1)
Internet References
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/tigb/usa/101.htm
Works Cited
1.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
Lorus and Margery Milne. 1980. Knopf.
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 5 November, 2005 - 10:30am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 2:32pm

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