Ellipsoptera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Cicindelinae
Tribus: Cicindelini
Subtribus: Cicindelina
Genus: Ellipsoptera

Species: E. blanda – E. cuprascens – E. gratiosa – E. hamata – E. hirtilabris – E. lepida – E. macra – E. marginata – E. nevadica – E. puritana – E. rubicunda – E. sperata – E. wapleri
Name

Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883

Type species: Cicindela hirtilabris LeConte, 1875 (designated by Horn 1915: 236).

References
Primary references

Dokhtouroff, V.S. 1883. Essai sur la subdivision du genre Cicindela. Revue mensuelle d'entomologie pure et appliquée 1: 66–70. BHL Reference page. : 70

Links

Ellipsoptera – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Ellipsoptera – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Ellipsoptera is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

Ellipsoptera blanda (Dejean, 1831)
Ellipsoptera cuprascens (Leconte, 1852)
Ellipsoptera gratiosa (Guerin-Meneville, 1840)
Ellipsoptera hamata (Audouin & Brulle, 1839)
Ellipsoptera hirtilabris (Leconte, 1875)
Ellipsoptera lepida (Dejean, 1831)
Ellipsoptera macra (Leconte, 1857)
Ellipsoptera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
Ellipsoptera marutha (Dow, 1911)
Ellipsoptera nevadica (Leconte, 1875)
Ellipsoptera puritana (G. Horn, 1871)
Ellipsoptera sperata (Leconte, 1857)
Ellipsoptera wapleri (Leconte, 1875)

References

"Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.