Eunota

Eunota
Eunota togata, White-cloaked Tiger Beetle, Texas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Tribe:	Cicindelini
Genus:	Eunota Rivalier, 1954

Eunota gabbii, Western Tidal Flat Tiger Beetle, California

Eunota togata globicollis

Eunota, also known as the saline tiger beetles, is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae first described by Émile Rivalier in 1954. They are found in the United States and Mexico[1][2]

Species

Eunota contains the following eleven species:[2][3][4]

• Eunota californica (Ménétriés, 1843) – California Tiger Beetle
• Eunota circumpicta (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) – Cream-edged Tiger Beetle
• Eunota fulgoris (Casey, 1913) – Glittering Tiger Beetle
• Eunota gabbii (G.Horn, 1867) – Western Tidal Flat Tiger Beetle
• Eunota houstoniana (Duran, Roman, Bull, Herrmann, Godwin, Laroche & Egan, 2024)
• Eunota pamphila (LeConte, 1873) – Gulfshore Tiger Beetle
• Eunota praetextata (LeConte, 1854) – Riparian Tiger Beetle
• Eunota rockefelleri (Cazier, 1954)
• Eunota severa (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) – Saltmarsh Tiger Beetle
• Eunota striga (LeConte, 1875) – Elusive Tiger Beetle
• Eunota togata (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841) – White-cloaked Tiger Beetle

References

1. Rivalier, Émile (1954). "Démembrement du genre Cicindela Linné. II. Faune américaine". Revue Française d'Entomologie. 21: 249–263.
2. "Eunota Rivalier, 1954". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
3. "Genus Eunota - Saline Tiger Beetles: Taxonomy". BugGuide. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
4. Duran, Daniel P.; Laroche, Robert A.; Roman, Stephen J.; Godwin, William; Herrmann, David P.; Bull, Ethan; Egan, Scott P. (19 March 2024). "Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 6617. Bibcode:2024NatSR..14.6617D. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56875-9. PMC 10951344. PMID 38503840.