Cicindela scutellaris rugata Vaurie, 1950

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Cicindela scutellaris rugata Vaurie, 1950

Cicindela varians Ljungh, 1799: 147 [nomen oblitum, see Boyd (2000)]. Type locality: "extra Europam" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Cassola (1999: 76), in ZMLS.

Cicindela scutellaris rugata Vaurie, 1950: 3 [nomen protectum]. Type locality: «Vowell’s Mill, Natchitoches [Parish] County, Louisiana" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in AMNH [# 1211]. Synonymy established by Cassola (1999: 76).

Distribution.

This subspecies, the "Rugate Tiger Beetle", is known from southwestern Arkansas (Ward 1972: 70), western Louisiana (Graves and Pearson 1973: 175), and eastern Texas (Vaurie 1950: 4). The record from “Oklahoma” (Erwin and Pearson 2008: 183) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AR, LA, TX [OK]

Note.

This subspecies intergrades with the nominate form in the northwestern part of its range and with the lecontei form in the northeastern part of its range (Pearson et al. 2006: 103).