Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775

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Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela sex guttata Fabricius, 1775: 226. Type locality: «Virginia» (original citation). Four syntypes in ZMUC (Zimsen 1964: 65).

Cicindela violacea Fabricius, 1801: 232. Type locality: «Carolina» (original citation). Syntype(s) probably lost. Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 2).

Cicindela sexguttata var. harrisii Leng, 1902: 128. Type locality: "Lake Memphremagog [Quebec], Canada" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Dahl (1941: 190), in AMNH [# 1230]. Synonymy established by Horn (1905: 21). Etymology. The subspecific name was proposed in honor of Edward Doubleday Harris [1839-1919], one of the sons of Thaddeus Harris (see Agonum harrisii LeConte). Edward Harris, an architect by profession, was interested in genealogy, history, and entomology. He specialized on tiger beetles and his collection is now at the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Cicindela sexguttata var. 4-guttata C.A. Davis, 1903: 271. Type locality: "from northern Rhode Island into Massachusetts" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Synonymy established by Horn (1905: 21).

Cicindela levettei Casey, 1909: 270. Type locality: «Iowa» (original citation). Five syntypes in USNM [# 45918]. Synonymy established by Harris (1911: 29).

Cicindela levettei tridens Casey, 1909: 271. Type locality: «Vowell’s Mill, northwestern Louisiana, to Onaga, Kansas" (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 45917]. Synonymy established by Harris (1911: 29).

Cicindela illinoensis Mares, 1921: 310. Type locality: "Riverside [Cook County], Illinois" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in INHS (Webb 1980: 78). Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 279).

Cicindela kansanus Knaus, 1928: 24. Type locality: "near Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas; Bourbon County, Kansas; West Point, Cuming County, South Bend, Cass County, Lawrence, Nuckolls County, Omaha, Douglas County [all Nebraska]; near Iowa City [Iowa]" (original citation). Syntype(s) [10 originally cited] location unknown (possibly in KSUC). Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela sexguttata violacea Fabricius, by Horn (1930: 83).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Six-spotted Tiger Beetle", ranges from Nova Scotia to the Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota, south to east-central Texas and northern Florida [see Kaulbars and Freitag 1993a: Fig. 39; Pearson et al. 2006: Map 36]. The record from "North Dakota" (Freitag 1999: 50) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: NB, NS, ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV [ND]