Cicindela tranquebarica kirbyi LeConte, 1867

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 244

Cicindela tranquebarica kirbyi LeConte, 1867

Cicindela kirbyi LeConte, 1867b: 362. Type locality: northern parts of North America (inferred from title of Kirby’s 1837 book). Syntype(s) in BMNH. Note. This subspecies was described by the inclusion of a drawing of the left elytron as well as by indication to Cicindela obliquata Dejean, 1825 sensu Kirby (1837: 10).

Distribution.

This subspecies, the “Kirby’s Tiger Beetle", ranges from Manitoba to Alberta, north to southern Northwest Territories; it southern limit is debated. Kritsky and Horner (1998: Fig. 5) placed it at southern Wyoming and northern Nebraska while Pearson et al. (2006: Map 45) placed it at southeastern New Mexico and northern Texas. I have accepted the latest range for the records. The subspecies is also recorded from "British Columbia," “Ontario,” “Arkansas,” “Iowa,” “Minnesota,” “Missouri,” “Utah,” and “Washington” by Erwin and Pearson (2008: 193).

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, NT, SK USA: CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY [AR, BC, IA, MN, MO, ON, UT, WA]

Note.

This subspecies intergrades with the nominotypical form over a large area in the Midwest (Pearson et al. 2006: 106).