Eunota
| Eunota | |
|---|---|
| Eunota togata, White-cloaked Tiger Beetle, Texas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Cicindelini |
| Genus: | Rivalier, 1954 |
Eunota, also known as the saline tiger beetles, is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae first described by Émile Rivalier in 1954. They are found in the United States and Mexico[1][2]
Species
Eunota contains the following eleven species:[2][3][4]
- Eunota californica (Ménétriés, 1843) – California Tiger Beetle
- Eunota circumpicta (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) – Cream-edged Tiger Beetle
- Eunota fulgoris (Casey, 1913) – Glittering Tiger Beetle
- Eunota gabbii (G.Horn, 1867) – Western Tidal Flat Tiger Beetle
- Eunota houstoniana (Duran, Roman, Bull, Herrmann, Godwin, Laroche & Egan, 2024)
- Eunota pamphila (LeConte, 1873) – Gulfshore Tiger Beetle
- Eunota praetextata (LeConte, 1854) – Riparian Tiger Beetle
- Eunota rockefelleri (Cazier, 1954)
- Eunota severa (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) – Saltmarsh Tiger Beetle
- Eunota striga (LeConte, 1875) – Elusive Tiger Beetle
- Eunota togata (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) – White-cloaked Tiger Beetle
References
- ^ Rivalier, Émile (1954). "Démembrement du genre Cicindela Linné. II. Faune américaine". Revue Française d'Entomologie. 21: 249–263.
- ^ a b "Eunota Rivalier, 1954". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Genus Eunota - Saline Tiger Beetles: Taxonomy". BugGuide. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Laroche, Robert A.; Roman, Stephen J.; Godwin, William; Herrmann, David P.; Bull, Ethan; Egan, Scott P. (19 March 2024). "Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 6617. Bibcode:2024NatSR..14.6617D. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56875-9. PMC 10951344. PMID 38503840.