''Amblycheila picolominii'' is a species of

nocturnal Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...

tiger beetle Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ''Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. ...

in the genus

Amblycheila ''Amblycheila'' is a genus of flightless, nocturnal tiger beetles. There are eight species distributed across the southwestern United States and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the so ...

. Its common name is the plateau giant tiger beetle. It was discovered in 1839.Krell, F. and J. O. Brookhart. (2012)
The plateau giant tiger beetle, ''Amblycheila picolominii'' Reiche, 1839, in Utah: New state record (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae).
''Western North American Naturalist'' 72(1) 110-11.

References

Cicindelidae Beetles described in 1839 {{Cicindelidae-stub