Ellipsoptera Cicindela hirtilabris Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet, Yves ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 8KW3V 93205 F62C4B9D-A925-F74D-62BA-37FB29CA0E1C Dokhtouroff, 1883 Dokhtouroff 1883 Insecta Carabidae Ellipsoptera GBIF,CoL Animalia Ellipsoptera Coleoptera 212 213 Arthropoda genus   EllipsopteraDokhtouroff, 1883b: 70. Type species:  Cicindela hirtilabrisLeConte, 1875 designated by Horn (1915: 236). Etymology. From the Latin ellipsis(lack, defect) and the Greek pteron(wing) [feminine].  Diversity. Thirteen North American species (27 species-group taxa), of which five extend into Mexico, as far south as the state of Yucatan, and one into the Bahamas and Cuba.