Ellipsoptera hamata lacerata (Chaudoir, 1854)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 213

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scientific name	Ellipsoptera hamata lacerata (Chaudoir, 1854)
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Cicindela lacerata Chaudoir, 1854: 115. Type locality: «Floride» (original citation), herein restricted to Cedar Key, Levy County (see Leng 1915: 561, as Cicindela hamata ). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Distribution.

This subspecies, the "Gulf Beach Tiger Beetle", is found along the Gulf coast of Florida, including the Keys (Choate 2003: Map 61), and Alabama ( Löding 1945: 10). The record from Horn Island, Mississippi (Richmond 1968: 234), is in error for Ellipsoptera hamata monti (Graves and Pearson 1973: 187); those from "North Carolina," "South Carolina," “Georgia,” and “Louisiana” (Erwin and Pearson 2008: 229) are probably in error or based on strays.

Records.

USA: AL, FL

Note.

The nominotypical subspecies is known from the states of Tabasco and Veracruz and Ellipsoptera hamata pallifera (Chaudoir) from the states of Quintana Roo and Yucatán (Erwin and Pearson 2008: 229-230).