Opilidia chlorocephala

Opilidia chlorocephala, the lime-headed tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Opilidia chlorocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Opilidia
Species:
O. chlorocephala
Binomial name
Opilidia chlorocephala
(Chevrolat, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cicindela chlorocephala Chevrolat, 1834

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Opilidia chlorocephala:

  • Opilidia chlorocephala chlorocephala (Chevrolat, 1834)
  • Opilidia chlorocephala smythi (E. Harris, 1913) (Smyth's lime-headed tiger beetle)

References

  1. "Opilidia chlorocephala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Opilidia chlorocephala". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  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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