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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Amblycheila |
| Species: | A. hoversoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblycheila hoversoni Gage, 1990 | |
Amblycheila hoversoni, also known as the South Texas giant tiger beetle, is a flightless and nocturnal tiger beetle species found in south and west-central Texas, United States. First described in 1990, it is the largest tiger beetle species in the Western Hemisphere.
References
- Pearson, David L.; Knisley, C. Barry; Duran, Daniel P.; Kazilek, Charles J. (2015). A field guide to the tiger beetles of the United States and Canada: Identification, natural history, and distribution of the Cicindelinae (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9780199367160. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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