Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 197

Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890

Amblychila baroni Rivers, 1890b: 111. Type locality: "Pantano [= Pima] County, Arizona" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) probably in DEI. Etymology. The specific name was proposed in honor of Oscar Theodor Baron [1847-1926]. Born in Germany, Baron spent about 30 years in California where he collected extensively Lepidoptera but also Coleoptera and other insects in Mendocino and Fresno Counties. Moreover he travelled to Arizona, Mexico, Central America, and South America. He returned to Germany where he lived his last 30 years. Note. Leng (1902: 98) reported that the holotype was "found dead in a canyon ... at an elevation of 5000 feet."

Amblychila baroni longipes Casey, 1909: 253. Type locality: "Baboquivari M[oun]t[ain]s [Pima County], Arizona" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45890]. Synonymy established by Horn (1910a: 123).

Amblycheila baroni enodis Casey, 1916: 5. Type locality: "Garces, Huachuca M[oun]t[ain]s, Cochise Co[unty], Arizona" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45892]. Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 52).

Amblycheila ventricosa Casey, 1924: 1. Type locality: "Huachuca M[oun]t[ain]s [Cochise County], Arizona" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 45891]. Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 52).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Montane Giant Tiger Beetle7," is restricted to mountains in southeastern Arizona and a small area in western Texas near Big Bend National Park (Pearson et al. 2006: 48).

Records.

USA: AZ, TX