# Ellipsoptera

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{{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](/source/beetle) family [Cicindelidae](/source/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'':
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* ''[Ellipsoptera blanda](/source/Ellipsoptera_blanda)'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera cuprascens](/source/Ellipsoptera_cuprascens)'' <small>(LeConte, 1852)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera gratiosa](/source/Ellipsoptera_gratiosa)'' <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1840)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera hamata](/source/Ellipsoptera_hamata)'' <small>(Audouin & Brullé, 1839)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera hirtilabris](/source/Ellipsoptera_hirtilabris)'' <small>(LeConte, 1875)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera lepida](/source/Ellipsoptera_lepida)'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera macra](/source/Ellipsoptera_macra)'' <small>(LeConte, 1856)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera marginata](/source/Ellipsoptera_marginata)'' <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera nevadica](/source/Ellipsoptera_nevadica)'' <small>(LeConte, 1875)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera puritana](/source/Ellipsoptera_puritana)'' <small>(G.Horn, 1871)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera rubicunda](/source/Ellipsoptera_rubicunda)'' <small>(E.D.Harris, 1911)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera sperata](/source/Ellipsoptera_sperata)'' <small>(LeConte, 1856)</small> 
* ''[Ellipsoptera wapleri](/source/Ellipsoptera_wapleri)'' <small>(LeConte, 1875)</small> 
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==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>
}}

==External links==
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Category:Cicindelidae

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