Cylindera
| Cylindera | |
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| Cylindera lemniscata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Cicindelini |
| Genus: | Cylindera Westwood, 1831 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 220 species | |
Cylindera is a genus of ground beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and northern Africa. It was a result of the breakup of the Cicindela genus, and the status of Cylindera as a genus or a subgenus of the genus Cicindela is in dispute.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ "Cylindera Westwood, 1831". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.
- ^ "Cylindera". Fauna Europaea.
Further reading
- Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L.; et al. (2005). A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press.
- Assmann, T.; Boutaud, E.; Buse, J.; Gebert, J.; et al. (2018). "The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biolog". ZooKeys. 734: 43–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.734.21989. PMC 5904327. PMID 29674855.
