Amblycheila is a genus of flightless, nocturnal tiger beetles. There are eight species distributed across the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Amblycheila has been considered a member of the tribe Amblycheilini, but recent research places it in the tribe Manticorini. It is referred to variously as a member of either tribe.
Species Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890 – montane giant tiger beetle Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say, 1823) – Great Plains giant tiger beetle Amblycheila halffteri Mateu, 1974 Amblycheila hoversoni Gage, 1990 – south Texas giant tiger beetle Amblycheila katzi Roman & Duran, 2019 – Trans-Pecos giant tiger beetle Amblycheila nyx Sumlin, 1991 Amblycheila picolominii Reiche, 1839 – plateau giant tiger beetle Amblycheila schwarzi W. Horn, 1903 – Mojave giant tiger beetle
References
External links Amblycheila. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)