Kingdom Animalia Order Coleoptera Subfamily Cicindelinae Higher classification Amblycheila | Phylum Arthropoda Family Carabidae Tribe Omini Rank Species | |
Scientific name Amblycheila cylindriformis Similar Amblycheila, Tiger beetle, Beetle, Insect, Ground beetle | ||
Insects of the southwest 12 amblycheila cylindriformis giant tiger beetle
Amblycheila cylindriformis is a species of flightless tiger beetle. It shares its genus with at least five other species in the United States, with a few more found in Mexico.
The beetle is nocturnal and flightless, and lives in grassland areas of the Great Plains; far-southwestern South Dakota seems to be the northernmost limit of its habitat. A. cylindriformis can be found walking along bare ground at night, and can be collected in pitfall traps.
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