Ellipsoptera cuprascens (LeConte, 1852)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 213

Ellipsoptera cuprascens (LeConte, 1852)

Cicindela cuprascens LeConte, 1852b: 65. Type locality: "Arkansas river" (original citation), cited from "Missouri and Kansas" by LeConte (1856a: 49). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 9].

Cicindela cuprascens amnicola Casey, 1913: 37. Type locality: "Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri" (original citation). Four syntypes in USNM [# 45956]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 395).

Cicindela mundula Casey, 1913: 37. Type locality: "Vicksburg [Warren County], Mississippi" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45957]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 395).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Coppery Tiger Beetle", ranges from southern Ohio to southwestern Manitoba and central Montana, south to east-central New Mexico, eastern Texas, and southern Alabama [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 100]; also known from one locality in northern Georgia. The record from “Wisconsin” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 68) is likely in error (Peter W. Messer pers. comm. 2007).

Records.

CAN: MB USA: AL, AR, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, WV, WY