Cicindela scutellaris rugifrons Dejean, 1825

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Cicindela scutellaris rugifrons Dejean, 1825

Cicindela rugifrons Dejean, 1825: 51. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (see Harris 1828a: 90, as Cicindela denticulata ). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) probably in MHNP.

Cicindela modesta Dejean, 1825: 52. Type locality: «Saint-Domingue» (original citation), which is incorrect (see Dejean 1831: 210). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established by LeConte (1856a: 35). Note. This name is listed in synonymy with Cicindela scutellaris lecontei Haldeman by Horn (1928: 12).

Cicindela denticulata T.W. Harris, 1828a: 90. Type locality: "near Sweet Auburn in Cambridge [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]" (original citation). Syntype(s) presumably lost. Synonymy established by LeConte (1846b: 175).

Cicindela denticulata Hentz, 1830: 253 [primary homonym of Cicindela denticulata Harris, 1828]. Type locality: «Massachusetts» (original citation). Syntype(s) lost. Synonymy established by Gould (1834: 46).

Cicindela denticulata var. oberleitneri Gistel, 1837: 55. Type locality: "America boreali (Massachusetts)" (original citation). Syntype(s) lost. Synonymy established by Horn (1907a: 22).

Cicindela scutellaris var. carolina E.D. Harris, 1911: 28. Type locality: "neighborhood of Raleigh [Wake County], N[orth] C[arolina]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 25609]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 379). Note. Harris (1911: 28) stated that carolina is "a slightly differentiated race of rugifrons existing in the neighborhood of Raleigh, N.C." but at the same time listed the variety from Surry and Newport News in Virginia as well as Raleigh, Southern Pines, Hamlet, Montague, and Manly in North Carolina.

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Wrinkle-fronted Tiger Beetle", ranges east of the Appalachians from Massachusetts (Leonard and Bell 1999: 133) to North Carolina (Harris 1911: 28, as Cicindela scutellaris var. carolina). The records from South Carolina (Cartwright 1935: 72) and “Georgia” (J.E. LeConte 1849: 25) probably refer to the unicolor form.

Records.

USA: CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA

Note.

This form intergrades with the lecontei form in Massachusetts and Connecticut and with the unicolor form in North Carolina (Pearson et al. 2006: 103).