Habroscelimorpha dorsalis saulcyi ( Guerin-Meneville , 1840)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 220

Habroscelimorpha dorsalis saulcyi ( Guerin-Meneville, 1840)

Cicindela saulcyi Guérin-Méneville, 1840: 37. Type locality: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida (inferred from title of the paper). Two syntypes in IRSN. Etymology. The specific name honors Ernest de Saulcy [1803-1899], a French naval officer who sailed to many places including America. Saulcy was interested in natural history and collected insects. He was the older brother of the archaeologist and numismatist Louis-Félicien-Joseph [ Félix] de Saulcy [1807-1880] who also collected beetles and uncle of Félicien de Saulcy [1832-1912], who worked on the systematics of Coleoptera , particularly those of small size.

Cicindela castissima Bates, 1884: 260. Type locality: "Arcas Islets [off the coast of Campeche], Gulf of Mexico" (original citation). Syntype(s) in BMNH. Synonymy established by Horn (1905: 23).

Cicindela apricoidea Casey, 1913: 32. Type locality: "seabeaches of Louisiana and Mississippi" (original citation). Four syntypes [4 originally cited] in USNM [# 45995]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 393).

Distribution.

This subspecies, the “Saulcy’s Beach Tiger Beetle", ranges from the Gulf Coast of Florida to the Mississippi River delta in Louisiana (Pearson et al. 2006: 144); it is also known from the Isla Arcas in Campeche (Bates 1884: 260). The records from Cuba (Leng and Mutchler 1916: 697, as Cicindela dorsalis var. venusta; Cazier 1954: 294; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 247) are based on mislabeled specimens ( Valdés 1999: 13).

Records.

USA: AL, FL, LA, MS - Mexico