Cylindera

Cylindera
Cylindera lemniscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Carabidae
Tribe:Cicindelini
Genus:Cylindera
Westwood, 1831
Diversity
at least 220 species
Cylindera unipunctata
Cylindera germanica

Cylindera is a genus of ground beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and northern Africa. It was a result of the breakup of the Cicindela genus, and the status of Cylindera as a genus or a subgenus of the genus Cicindela is in dispute.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cylindera Westwood, 1831". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.
  2. ↑ "Cylindera". Fauna Europaea.

Further reading

  • Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L.; et al. (2005). A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press.
  • Assmann, T.; Boutaud, E.; Buse, J.; Gebert, J.; et al. (2018). "The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biolog". ZooKeys. 734: 43–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.734.21989.

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