{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Moustached Tiger Beetle - Ellipsoptera hirtilabris, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida.jpg | image_caption = ''Ellipsoptera hirtilabris'' | taxon = Ellipsoptera | authority = Dokhtouroff, 1883 | display_parents = 2 }}
'''''Ellipsoptera''''' is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Ellipsoptera'', found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=Duran2020/> thumb|''Ellipsoptera puritana''
==Species== These 13 species belong to the genus ''Ellipsoptera'': {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''Ellipsoptera blanda'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera cuprascens'' <small>(LeConte, 1852)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera gratiosa'' <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1840)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera hamata'' <small>(Audouin & Brullé, 1839)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera hirtilabris'' <small>(LeConte, 1875)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera lepida'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera macra'' <small>(LeConte, 1856)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera marginata'' <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica'' <small>(LeConte, 1875)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera puritana'' <small>(G.Horn, 1871)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera rubicunda'' <small>(E.D.Harris, 1911)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera sperata'' <small>(LeConte, 1856)</small> * ''Ellipsoptera wapleri'' <small>(LeConte, 1875)</small> {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Ellipsoptera'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=931417 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2023-04-17 }}</ref>
<ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Ellipsoptera'' Dokhtouroff, 1883 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KW3V | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2023-04-17 }}</ref>
<ref name=Duran2020> {{Cite journal | title = Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships | date = 2020 | last1 = Duran | first1 = Daniel P. | last2 = Gough | first2 = Harlan M. | journal = Systematic Entomology | volume = 45| issue = 4 | pages = 723–729 | doi = 10.1111/syen.12440 | bibcode = 2020SysEn..45..723D | doi-access = free }}</ref> }}
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Category:Cicindelidae
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