Cylindera

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]

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

See also

References

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

Further reading

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