Habroscelimorpha circumpicta johnsonii (Fitch, 1857)

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Habroscelimorpha circumpicta johnsonii (Fitch, 1857)

Cicindela johnsonii Fitch, 1857: 487. Type locality: "prairies west of Arkansas" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (no original specimens have been located by Barnes 1988: 107). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Benjamin P. Johnson [1793-1869], lawyer, politician, office holder, and for more than 20 years Secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society.

Cicindela circumpicta ambiens Casey, 1913: 33. Type locality: «Kansas» (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45996]. Synonymy established by Drew and Van Cleave (1962: 108).

Cicindela circumpicta salinae Vaurie, 1951: 3. Type locality: "Lincoln (Salt Basin), Lancaster County, Nebraska" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in AMNH [# 1212]. Synonymy established by Willis (1967: 250).

Distribution.

This subspecies, the “Johnson’s Tiger Beetle", ranges from central Missouri to southeastern Colorado, north to west-central Nebraska (Spomer et al. 2008a: 58), south to New Mexico and southwestern Texas [see Johnson 1993b: Fig. 1]. The taxon is also found in Coahuila in northern Mexico (Murray 1979: 55). The records from "North Dakota" (Boyd 1982: 14; Freitag 1999: 77) probably refer to the pembina form.

Records.

USA: CO, KS, MO, NE, NM, OK, TX - Mexico