Ellipsoptera macra fluviatilis (Vaurie, 1951)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 214

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scientific name

Ellipsoptera macra fluviatilis (Vaurie, 1951)
status

 

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Cicindela macra fluviatilis Vaurie, 1951: 8. Type locality: "Red River, north of Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in AMNH [# 1215].

Distribution.

This subspecies, the "Panhandle Tiger Beetle", is found in Oklahoma, northern Texas, and northeastern New Mexico [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 101]. The records from “Arkansas” and “Kansas” (Boyd 1982: 17) need confirmation.

Records.

USA: NM, OK, TX [AR, KS]

Note.

Willis (1967) indicated the presence of narrow zones of intergradation between this subspecies and the other two.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Ellipsoptera

Loc

Ellipsoptera macra fluviatilis (Vaurie, 1951)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Cicindela macra fluviatilis

Vaurie 1951
1951