Habroscelimorpha gabbii (Horn, 1867)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 221

Habroscelimorpha gabbii (Horn, 1867)

Cicindela gabbii G.H. Horn, 1867a: 395. Type locality: "near Wilmington (San Pedro) [Los Angeles County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Ward (1982: 62), in MCZ [# 35316]. Etymology. The specific name honors the American paleontologist William More Gabb [1839-1878] who worked for the California Geological Survey.

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Western Tidal Flat Tiger Beetle", occurs along the Pacific Coast from southern California to central Baja California Peninsula, and along the Gulf of California Coast from northern Sonora to Sinaloa (Cazier 1954: 291) [see Pearson et al. 1997: Fig. 28]. According to Pearson et al. (2006: 139), this species is now found in the United States only in three or four protected areas in Ventura, Orange, and San Diego Counties.

Records.

USA: CA - Mexico