Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 213

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scientific name	Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883
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Genus Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883 View in CoL View at ENA

Ellipsoptera Dokhtouroff, 1883b: 70. Type species: Cicindela hirtilabris LeConte, 1875 designated by Horn (1915: 236). Etymology. From the Latin ellipsis (lack, defect) and the Greek pteron (wing) [feminine].

Diversity.

Thirteen North American species (27 species-group taxa), of which five extend into Mexico, as far south as the state of Yucatan, and one into the Bahamas and Cuba.