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Species Amblycheila cylindriformis - Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle

Giant Tiger Beetle - Amblycheila cylindriformis

Amblycheila cylindriformis - male - female

Amblycheila cylindriformis - Amblycheila cylindriformis

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 Amblycheila (Giant Tiger Beetles)

Species cylindriformis (Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say)

Orig. Comb: Manticora cylindriformis Say, 1823

Size

29-35 mm (1)

Identification

All black to brownish. Entire surface of elytra covered with pits--distinctive character for this species (1).

See key on genus page.

Range

Rocky Mountain Front Range (NM-TX-SD-WY) - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

Great Plains sandy sagebrush areas.

Season

April to September (3)

Life Cycle

Larvae tend to occur in dirt at mouths of mammal burrows, also in faces of clay bluffs.

Remarks

This flightless and nocturnal sp. was first coll'ed by Say along the Arkansas River near the Rocky Mountains in Colorado (4)

Print References

Pearson et al., p. 50, plate 1 (1)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	eAgra: Western Hemisphere Caraboidea

4.	The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820). Evans, H.E. 1997. Oxford University Press, xii + 268 pp.

Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 5 November, 2005 - 2:00pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, McClarinJ, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 July, 2022 - 12:20pm

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