Omus audouini, or Audouin's night-stalking tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America. In the United States, it is found along the west coast, while in Canada it is very limited to Boundary Bay and a small patch along the coast of Victoria island.[1][2][3][4][5]

Omus audouini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Omus
Species:
O. audouini
Binomial name
Omus audouini
Reiche, 1838

Subspecies edit

These two subspecies belong to the species Omus audouini:

  • Omus audouini aequicornis Casey
  • Omus audouini audouini

References edit

  1. ^ "Omus audouini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Omus audouini". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  4. ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.

Further reading edit

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