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Cylindera unipunctata is a cryptically-colored tiger beetle, at home in shaded forest trails and leaf litter within deciduous forest. Its grayish-brown coloration, along with a tendency to freeze or hide in leaf litter frequently make it a frustrating species to locate or observe. While Cicindela sexguttata likes patches of sunlight within forest, unipunctata normally is found in the shade, or beneath leaf litter on the forest floor, and may be more active on cloudy days or late in the day. Knisley reports he has found the species in Virginia in shale barrens habitats. Howard Boyd discovered the species is widespread in the New Jersey pine barrens, and was most easily encountered by pitfall trapping. The species is likely more common than records indicate due to its cryptic behavior(Knisley & Schultz, 1997).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Apterodela unipunctata | |
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| One-spotted tiger beetle, Apterodela unipunctata, Virginia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Apterodela |
| Species: | A. unipunctata
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| Apterodela unipunctata (Fabricius, 1775)
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Apterodela unipunctata, the one-spotted tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America. This species was formerly in the genus Cylindera.[1][2] It has a Nearctic distribution and lives in open forest and leaf litter. It is believed to be the sister taxon to Apterodela ovipennis.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2022). "A new genus of tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from the Nearctic and Neotropical realms". Zootaxa. 5175 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5175.2.7.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlam M. (27 Sep 2019). "Unifying systematics and taxonomy: Nomenclatural changes to Nearctic tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) based on phylogenetics, morphology and life history". Insecta Mundi. 0727.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Apterodela unipunctata at iNaturalist
Media related to Cylindera unipunctata at Wikimedia Commons
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