Microthylax is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about five described species in Microthylax.[1][2][3]
Microthylax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Tribe: | Cicindelini |
Subtribe: | Cicindelina |
Genus: | Microthylax Rivalier, 1954 |
Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Microthylax:
- Microthylax bradti (Cazier, 1954) (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Mexico)
- Microthylax digueti (W.Horn, 1897) (Mexico)
- Microthylax olivaceus (Chaudoir, 1854) (United States and Cuba)
- Microthylax schaefferi (W.Horn, 1903) (Hispaniola)
- Microthylax sinaloae (Bates, 1890) (Mexico)
References
edit- ^ "Microthylax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Microthylax Rivalier, 1954". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ 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.