Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis Vogt, 1949

Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2009, Geographic variation in U. S. populations of the tiger beetle Cicindela obsoleta Say (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (94), pp. 1-10 : 8-9

Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis Vogt

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Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis Vogt (1949: 4) Holotype male plus eight paratypes, NMNH; Holotype male labeled “S. W. Hidalgo Co. / Tex. H. 6-X-46 / George B. Vogt ”, NMNH type # 59056 ; Paratypes: four females labeled “S. W. Hidalgo Co. / Tex. H. 20-X-46 / George B. Vogt ”, one also labeled “Clearing, mes- / quite forest” ; one male and two females labeled “S. W. Hidalgo Co./Tex. H. 6-X-46/ George B. Vogt ”, male also labeled “Clearing, mes- / quite forest”; one male labeled “”S. W. Hidalgo Co. / Tex. H. 1-XII-46 / George B. Vogt ” and “Roadway thru/mesquite forest” (examined; Figure 14-16 ). According to Bellamy (1991) the type locality for this species (which is indicated by the letter “H.” on the specimen labels) is “five miles southwest of Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas.”

Diagnosis. A moderately large black tiger beetle with white markings similar to those of C. o. santaclarae but with the body noticeably smaller in size (length only 13-16 mm) and with the elytra somewhat more slender. Several of the female paratype specimens have one or more sets of the elytral markings reduced (e.g. Figure 16 and 17 ), with the extreme represented by a female which lacks all markings except a small white macula at the apex of each elytron ( Figure 17 ). The type series was collected in clearings and roadways in mesquite forests. The rounded markings, generally smaller body size, and different habitat will separate this subspecies from C. o. vulturina .

Notes. Very few specimens of this tiger beetle are known. Pearson et al. (2006) report it from the Rio Grande valley from Maverick County south to Hidalgo County. The specimen from Kimble County in AMNH represents both a new county record and a northern extension of the known range for this subspecies.

Material examined. 1 adult specimen in addition to the type series. TX: Kimble Co., 9 miles E Junction.

Figures

Figure 10-17. Adult habitus photographs of pinned specimens of Cicindela obsoleta in NMNH. 10) Cicindela obsoleta vulturina LeConte, female, Cisco, TX.11) Cicindela obsoleta vulturina, female, Henrietta, TX.12) Cicindela obsoleta vulturina, male, Forestburg, TX. 13) Cicindela obsoleta vulturina, male College Station, TX. 14) Cicindela obsoleta vulturina, male, 2.5 miles SW Calico Rock, AR. 15) Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis Vogt, paratype male, S. W. Hidalgo Co., TX. 16) Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis, paratype female, S.W. Hidalgo Co., TX. 17) Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis, paratype female, S. W. Hidalgo Co., TX.