Ellipsoptera wapleri (LeConte, 1875)

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

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scientific name	Ellipsoptera wapleri (LeConte, 1875)
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Cicindela wapleri LeConte, 1875a: 158. Type locality: «Mississippi» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 44]. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Émile Wapler, a French from Mulhouse, who collected insects in southern United States.

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "White-sand Tiger Beetle", is found along a small area within the Coastal Plain from south-central Georgia to eastern Louisiana [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 98]. Beaton (2008: 42) did not find this species at any historical sites in Georgia during his survey of the tiger beetles of the state.

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS