Omus californicus, the California night-stalking tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America.[1][3][4][5][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Manticorini |
| Genus: | Omus |
| Species: | O. californicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Omus californicus Eschscholtz, 1829
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Subspecies edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "Omus californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Omus Eschscholtz, 1829". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ "Omus californicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Omus californicus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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