''Ellipsoptera nevadica'', the Nevada tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fam ...

. It is found in Central America and North America.

Subspecies

These nine subspecies belong to the species ''Ellipsoptera nevadica'': * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica citata'' (Rumpp, 1977) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica knausi'' * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica knausii'' (Leng, 1902) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica lincolniana'' (Casey, 1916) (salt creek tiger beetle) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica makosika'' (Spomer, 2004) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica metallica'' (Sumlin, 1990) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica nevadica'' (LeConte, 1875) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica olmosa'' (Vaurie, 1951) * ''Ellipsoptera nevadica tubensis'' (Cazier, 1939)

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