Ellipsoptera sperata sperata (LeConte, 1856)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 216

Ellipsoptera sperata sperata (LeConte, 1856)

Cicindela sperata LeConte, 1856a: 50. Type locality: "Rio Grande, at various places" (original citation), herein restricted to El Paso, El Paso County, Texas (see Harris 1911: 55). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 36].

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Rio Grande Tiger Beetle", ranges from northern Utah to northeastern New Mexico [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 103], south to Durango and Tamaulipas (Cazier 1954: 296). The records from western Kansas (Popenoe 1877: 22; Snow 1878: 63) and “Oklahoma” (Boyd 1982: 17) need confirmation; that from Yuma, California (Leng 1902: 167) is likely in error.

Records.

USA: AZ, CO, NM, TX, UT [KS, OK] - Mexico

Note.

Another subspecies, Ellipsoptera sperata vauriei (Cazier), is known from the state of Sonora in Mexico.