Cicindela ohlone Freitag and Kavanaugh, 1993

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 239

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scientific name	Cicindela ohlone Freitag and Kavanaugh, 1993
status

Treatment

Cicindela ohlone Freitag and Kavanaugh [in Freitag et al.], 1993: 114. Type locality: "Soquel, Santa Cruz Co[unty], Calif[ornia]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 17109].

Distribution.

This species, the "Ohlone Tiger Beetle", is known only from remnant stands of native grassland on coastal terraces in Santa Cruz County, California (Freitag et al. 1993: 117). According to Pearson et al. (2006: 193), it is known from only nine sites where populations range from less than 100 to several hundreds.

Records.

USA: CA

Note.

This species has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in October 2001. Collection of specimens is illegal (Pearson et al. 2006: 88).