A new petrophilous tiger beetle from the Trans-Pecos region of Texas and revised key to the genus Amblycheila (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)

Daniel P Duran; Stephen J Roman

doi:10.3897/zookeys.893.47059

A new petrophilous tiger beetle from the Trans-Pecos region of Texas and revised key to the genus Amblycheila (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)

Zookeys. 2019 Dec 2;893:125-134. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.893.47059. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Daniel P Duran¹, Stephen J Roman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Sciences, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA Rowan University Glassboro United States of America.
² 178 Winecup Way, Austin, TX 78737, USA Unaffiliated Austin United States of America.

Abstract

A new rock-dwelling (petrophilous) tiger beetle, Amblycheila katzi Duran & Roman, sp. nov. is described from calcareous canyons and steep hillsides in the Trans-Pecos region of western Texas. It is distinguished from all other Amblycheila based on multiple morphological characters, biogeography, and ecology. A revised key to the genus Amblycheila is provided.

Keywords: Caraboidea; Omini; Chihuahuan Desert; Nearctic; new species; petrophile; taxonomy.

Daniel P. Duran, Stephen J. Roman.