Cicindela oregona maricopa Leng, 1902

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Cicindela oregona maricopa Leng, 1902

Cicindela oregona var. maricopa Leng, 1902: 150. Type locality: "Phoenix [Maricopa County], Arizona" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Dahl (1941: 189), in AMNH [# 1229].

Cicindela provensis Casey, 1924: 15. Type locality: "Parowan and Provo Cañons, Utah" (original citation). Five syntypes [5 originally cited] in USNM [# 45981]. Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 274).

Cicindela provensis mormonella Casey, 1924: 15. Type locality: "Eureka, Provo Cañon, Parowan and Vineyard, Utah" (original citation). Six syntypes [6 originally cited] in USNM [# 45982]. Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 274).

Cicindela provensis nephiana Casey, 1924: 16. Type locality: "Parowan [Iron County], Utah" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45989]. Synonymy established by Horn (1926: 274).

Distribution.

This subspecies, the "Maricopa Tiger Beetle", ranges from southern California to south-central New Mexico, north to southern Nevada [see Freitag 1965: Fig. 18]. According to Pearson et al. (2006: 68), distinct individuals of this form are confined to southeastern and central Arizona. The record from “Texas” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 58) is in error; that from “Utah” is apparently based on intergrades.

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, NM, NV

Note.

1. According to Freitag (1965: 111), the type series of Cicindela provensis Casey, Cicindela mormonella Casey, and Cicindela nephiana Casey are hybrid specimens of Cicindela oregona guttifera x Cicindela oregona maricopa . Boyd (1982: 7) and Freitag (1999: 37) listed these names as synonyms of Cicindela oregona maricopa Leng and I am following them. 2. Intergrade populations between this subspecies and the navajoensis form are known in southwestern New Mexico (Pearson et al. 2006: 69).