Ellipsoptera nevadica knausii (Leng, 1902)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 215

Ellipsoptera nevadica knausii (Leng, 1902)

Cicindela knausii Leng, 1902: 166. Type locality: "near Kackley, Belvidere, and Great Spirit Springs, Kansas" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Etymology. This taxon was proposed in honor of Warren Knaus [1858-1937], amateur coleopterist and founder, owner, and editor of The Democrat in McPherson, Kansas which became, after the purchase of The Opinion in 1912, the Democratic Opinion until the time of his death. Knaus made several collecting trips to western United States and assembled a collection of nearly 90,000 specimens which he donated to the Kansas State University (at the time the Kansas State College) in Manhattan, March 1917. The collection was transferred to the university only in July 1937, shortly after Knaus’ death.

Distribution.

This subspecies, the “Knaus’s Tiger Beetle", ranges from southern Manitoba to southeastern Alberta, south to central New Mexico and central Texas [see Willis 1967: Fig. 143].

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, SK USA: CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY