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Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle

Amblycheila cylindriformis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Carabidae

Amblycheila cylindriformis is a species of flightless tiger beetle. It shares its genus with at least five other species in the United States, with a few more found in Mexico. The beetle is nocturnal and flightless, and lives in grassland areas of the Great Plains; far-southwestern South Dakota seems to be the northernmost limit of its habitat.

Distribution

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