Artificial Key to the Adult Tiger Beetles of North Dakota

 

    The key to species is adapted from Willis (1968) with a few modifications and additions.  Each couplet contains two alternatives, and each alternative is accompanied by an illustration of the character in question.  Some species show a high degree of variability for certain characters (particularly elytral maculation).  The key has been written to accommodate this, and such species will key out in more than one place.

 

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