Ellipsoptera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 214-215

Ellipsoptera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)

Cicindela marginata Fabricius, 1775: 226. Type locality: «Virginia» (original citation), herein restricted to Cobbs Island, Chesterfield County (see Harris 1911: 57). One syntype in ZMUC (Zimsen 1964: 65).

Cicindela variegata Dejean, 1825: 84. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Say (1830a: 68).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Margined Tiger Beetle", is found along the Atlantic Coast from Kings County in Nova Scotia (Neil and Majka 2008: 4) to the Florida Keys and along the Gulf Coast in Florida [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 96]; it is also recorded from the Bahamas and Cuba (Peck 2005: 27). According to Dunn (1983: 4), the species has declined significantly along the New Hampshire coast.

Records.

CAN: NS USA: CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA - Bahamas, Cuba