Cylindera terricola terricola (Say, 1824)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 212

Cylindera terricola terricola (Say, 1824)

Cicindela pusilla Say, 1817b: 21 [primary homonym of Cicindela pusilla Schreber, 1759]. Type locality: "the Missouri, above the confluence of the river Platte" (original citation, see page 19 for Cicindela formosa ). Syntype(s) lost.

Cicindela terricola Say, 1824: 269. Type locality: "North-west Territory" (original citation). Syntype(s) lost. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 390). Note. In the late 1810s and early 1820s, the Northwest Territory consisted of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Minnesota. Say’s specimen(s) was collected during the expedition to Saint Peter’s River which extended also into southeastern Manitoba and western Ontario. Say’s specimen(s) of Cylindera terricola was probably collected in Manitoba.

Cicindela pusilla sayanella Casey, 1914: 19. Type locality: "Monroe Cañon, Sioux Co[unty], Nebraska" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45920]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 444).

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Variable Tiger Beetle", ranges from northwestern Ontario (Lawton 2008: 73) to southeastern Saskatchewan, south to northwestern Nebraska [see Johnson 1990b: Fig. 1]. The record from Minnesota (Horn 1928: 12) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: MB, ON, SK USA: ND, NE, SD [MN]