Ellipsoptera wapleri (LeConte, 1875)
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3B95A0FE-E07C-9EFD-1201-DF0FCAA5BEF9 |
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Ellipsoptera wapleri (LeConte, 1875) |
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Ellipsoptera wapleri (LeConte, 1875) View in CoL
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.
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USA: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
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Ellipsoptera wapleri (LeConte, 1875)
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Cicindela wapleri
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