Cicindela latesignata latesignata LeConte, 1851

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Cicindela latesignata latesignata LeConte, 1851

Cicindela latesignata LeConte, 1851: 172. Type locality: "San Diego [San Diego County, California]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 18].

Cicindela latesignata obliviosa Casey, 1913: 20. Type locality: "San Diego [San Diego County], California" (original citation). Three syntypes in USNM [# 45925]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 376).

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Western Beach Tiger Beetle", is found along the Pacific Coast from southern California to the central parts of the Baja California Peninsula (Cazier 1948: 14) and also along the Gulf of California coast in northern Sonora [see Pearson et al. 1997: Fig. 27]. According to Pearson et al. (2006: 195), this taxon is now gone from most of its former sites in southern California.

Records.

USA: CA - Mexico

Note.

Some authors (e.g., Nagano 1982: 37) consider Cicindela obliviosa Casey as a valid subspecies. Cicindela latesignata parkeri Cazier is found in Sonora and Baja California in Mexico.