Ellipsoptera lepida (Dejean, 1831)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 214

Ellipsoptera lepida (Dejean, 1831)

Cicindela lepida Dejean, 1831: 255. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey (see LeConte 1846b: 181). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Cicindela lepida insomnis Casey, 1913: 35. Type locality: "Seward Co[unty], Kansas" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 46000]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 395).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Ghost Tiger Beetle", ranges from southern Quebec to southeastern Alberta (Hilchie 1985: 333), south to Chihuahua (Cazier 1954: 297), central Texas, southern Louisiana, and eastern North Carolina, west to western Arizona and eastern Nevada [see Pearson et al. 1997: Fig. 17]. The record from South Carolina, based on a specimen in CMNH, is probably in error (Knisley and Schultz 1997: 113). According to Erwin and Pearson (2008: 231), the Ghost Tiger Beetle has been extirpated over much of its former range due to habitat loss.

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, ON, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY - Mexico