CICINDELINAE, Latreille, 1802

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SUBFAMILY CICINDELINAE , the tigerbeetles

TRIBEMEGACEPHALINI

Megacephala sobrina Dejean 1831: 202 ; Wagenaar Hummelinck 1955: 103, 1983: 108; Balazuc and Chalumeau 1978: 18; Ivie 1983: 192; Freitag 1992: 154; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 275. = Tetracha sobrina antiguana Leng and Mutchler 1916: 685 of Antigua, of Barbuda, of St. Barthélemy, of St. Martin-St. Maarten; Dheurles 2012: 29. Distribution. Anegada, Antigua, Barbuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Guana, Hispaniola, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas. Mexico , Central America , Colombia, Venezuela; widespread Antillesand Latin America . Notes. The records of Barbados of Bennett and Alam (1985: 19) and Ivie (1983: 194) are seemingly in error because they are not confirmed with specimens. It is interesting that there are no vouchered records between those of the Venezuelan coastal islands, and the smaller islands of the northern Leewards (Freitag 1992: 129). Plate 1.

TRIBECICINDELINI

Cicindela (Brasiella) argentata Fabricius 1801: 242 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 359; Lengand Mutchler 1916: 692; Freitag 1992: 156; Daltry 2009: 63; Kippenhan 2013: 413. = Cicindela pallipes Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 359 of Guadeloupe; Dheurles 2012: 31. = Cicindela lherminieri Fleutiaux and Sallé 1889: 359 of Guadeloupe; Dheurles 2012: 31. Distribution. Barbados, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, St. Lucia. Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad, and Venezuela to Argentina and Bolivia; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. The subspecies C. (B.) argentata pallipes Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 359 ) is limited to the Lesser Antilles (Kippenhan 2013: 411, 413) where it is found on open or bare red clay soils.

Cicindela (Habroscelimorpha) boops Dejean 1831: 258 ; Dheurles 2012: 31. Distribution. Anegada, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Grand Inagua, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Turks and Caicos, Virgin Islands; widespread Antilles endemic, just marginally into the Lesser Antilles.

Cicinella (Cicindelidia) favergeri Audouin and Brullé 1839: 130 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 18; Dheurles and Touroult 2010: 391; Dheurles 2012: 30. Distribution. St. Lucia. Costa Rica to Venezuela and Ecuador; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. On sandy stream banks.

Cicindela (Cicindelidia) trifasciata Fabricius 1781: 286 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 358; Lengand Mutchler 1916: 692; Balazuc and Chalumeau 1978: 20 ( Cicindelidia ); Ivie 1983: 197; Erwin and Sims 1984: 425; Freitag 1992: 157; Schiller 2004: 15; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275; Touroult 2005: 87; Ivie et al. 2008b: 237; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 12; Dheurles 2012: 30; Thomaset al. 2013: 14. Distribution. Anegada, Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, Bermuda, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Caymans, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas. USA (CA, NC to TX); Tobago, Tortola, Margarita, Venezuela, Trinidad, south to Chile, Galapagos; widespread New World. Notes. The species prefers sand-mud substrates of saline habitats and open mangrove to sandy beaches. Plate 1.

Cicindela (Plectographa) suturalis Fabricius 1798: 62 ; Leng and Mutchler 1916: 693; Balazuc and Chalumeau 1978: 23 ( Cylindera ); Ivie 1983: 196; Erwin and Sims 1984: 424; Chalumeau 1984: 171; Freitag 1992: 157; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 275; Touroult 2005: 88; Daltry 2009: 63; Dheurles 2012: 30. = Cicindela hebraea Klug 1834: 20 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 358; Erwin and Sims 1984: 425. = Cicindela guadeloupensis Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 358 of Guadeloupe; Chalumeau 1984: 175 (subspecies). = Cylindera suturalis balazuci Chalumeau 1984: 175 of Martinique; Touroult 2005: 88. = Cylindera suturalis grenadensis Chalumeau 1984: 176 of Grenada. Distribution. Anagada, Anguila *, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, to Brazil; widespread Antillesand South America . Notes. Chalumeau (1984) describes the polymorphisms of the species and recognizes six subspecies, of which four occur in the Lesser Antilles. Plate 1.