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Ellipsoptera hamata monti - Ellipsoptera hamata - male
Copyright © 2014 Denver Museum of Nature & Science / Chris Grinter 2014

Ellipsoptera hamata monti - Ellipsoptera hamata - Male
South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA
July 10, 1972
Collected by W. D. Johnson

Identified by Chris Grinter, 2014

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Contributed by Chris Grinter on 10 January, 2014 - 12:10pm

Genus name
FWIW, Pearson, Knisley and Kazilek list this genus as Cicindela (Ellipsoptera)
… Stephen Hart, 10 January, 2014 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes-
But as I learned here there is a more up-to-date taxonomy and Cicindela has been broken up quite a bit by "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."

Most of the sub-genera are now full genera - like this one.
… Chris Grinter, 10 January, 2014 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

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