Omus californicus

Omus californicus, the California night-stalking tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Omus californicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Amblycheilini
Genus: Omus
Species:
O. californicus
Binomial name
Omus californicus
Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonyms[1]
  • Omus punctifrons Casey, 1897

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species Omus californicus:

  • Omus californicus angustocylindricus W. Horn, 1913 (narrow night-stalking tiger beetle)
  • Omus californicus californicus Eschscholtz, 1829 (California night-stalking tiger beetle)
  • Omus californicus intermedius Leng, 1902 (intermediate night-stalking tiger beetle)
  • Omus californicus lecontei (Leconte's night-stalking tiger beetle)
  • Omus californicus subcylindricus Nunenmacher, 1940 (subcylindrical night-stalking tiger beetle)
  • Omus californicus vermiculatus Casey

References

  1. "Omus californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Omus californicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.


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