Ellipsoptera blanda (Dejean, 1831)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 213

Ellipsoptera blanda (Dejean, 1831)

Cicindela blanda Dejean, 1831: 238. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Lynches River State Park, Florence County, South Carolina (see Cartwright 1935: 75). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Cicindela tarsalis LeConte, 1852b: 66. Type locality: "Canootche river, Georgia" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 39]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1856a: 49).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Sandbar Tiger Beetle", is endemic to the Coastal Plain ranging from southeastern North Carolina to the Florida Panhandle west to southeastern Mississippi and southwestern Louisiana [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 97].

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC