Habroscelimorpha severa ( LaFerte-Senectere , 1841)

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Habroscelimorpha severa ( LaFerte-Senectere, 1841)

Cicindela severa LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841a: 41. Type locality: Texas (inferred from title of the paper), herein restricted to Port Isabel, Cameron County (see Leng 1902: 173, as "Point Isabel"). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (collection Chaudoir).

Cicindela yucatana W. Horn, 1897a: 354 (as yukatana). Type locality: "Yucatan mer." (syntype label). One syntype in MHNP (Cassola 1994: 2). Synonymy established by Horn (1897a: 354), confirmed by Cassola (1994: 2). Note. This taxon was briefly described by Horn (1897a: 354) but treated as a junior synonym of Cicindela severa . It was redescribed and treated as a valid taxon by Horn (1903b: 219), Cazier (1954: 261), and Johnson (1993a: 42), the first and last authors based on misidentified specimens of Cicindela wellingi Cassola and Sawada (see Cassola 1994). Therefore the name was first published as a junior synonym but treated as an available name before 1961. In such case, the name is available but dates from its first publication as a synonym (ICZN 1999: Article 50.7).

Cicindela severa alabamae Casey, 1920: 134. Type locality: "Coden [Mobile County], Alabama" (original citation). Three syntypes in USNM [# 45963]. Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 284).

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Saltmarsh Tiger Beetle", is found along the Gulf Coast from the Florida Keys to Tamaulipas in Mexico (Cazier 1954: 261) [see Pearson et al. 1997: Fig. 4]; also recorded from Yucatán (Horn 1897a: 354).

Records.

USA: AL, FL, LA, MS, TX - Mexico

Note.

Habroscelimorpha yucatana (Horn) from Yucatán is considered a subspecies of Habroscelimorpha severa by some authors, including Erwin and Pearson (2008: 253).