Ellipsoptera
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Ellipsoptera is a genus of beetle
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
- Ellipsoptera blanda (Dejean, 1831)
- Ellipsoptera cuprascens (Leconte, 1852)
- Ellipsoptera gratiosa (Guerin-Meneville, 1840)
- Ellipsoptera hamata (Audouin & Brulle, 1839)
- Ellipsoptera hirtilabris (Leconte, 1875)
- Ellipsoptera lepida (Dejean, 1831)
- Ellipsoptera macra (Leconte, 1857)
- Ellipsoptera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Ellipsoptera marutha (Dow, 1911)
- Ellipsoptera nevadica (Leconte, 1875)
- Ellipsoptera puritana (G. Horn, 1871)
- Ellipsoptera sperata (Leconte, 1857)
- Ellipsoptera wapleri (Leconte, 1875)