Margined Tiger Beetle
Ellipsoptera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms
Cicindela marginata 
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This species is closely associated with coastal salt marshes, inlets, and similar sheltered tidal habitats. According to Knisley & Schultz (1997), marginata prefers "beaches and intertidal habitats where mud or detritus is mixed with sand, such as salt marshes, saline flats, back beaches, tidal mudflats, and other saline areas." It may sometimes be common within this narrow habitat.

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Ellipsoptera marginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Ellipsoptera
Species:
E. marginata
Binomial name
Ellipsoptera marginata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cicindela marginata Fabricius, 1775

Ellipsoptera marginata, the margined tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ellipsoptera marginata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Ellipsoptera marginata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. 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). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.

Further reading

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  • 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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