Cicindela politula politula LeConte, 1875

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Cicindela politula politula LeConte, 1875

Cicindela politula LeConte, 1875a: 159. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation), herein restricted to Signal Mountains, Howard County (see Cazier 1939: 24 as Cicindela alleni ). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 31].

Cicindela politula cribrum Casey, 1913: 39. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45968]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 385).

Cicindela alleni Cazier, 1939: 24 [primary homonym of Cicindela alleni Horn, 1908]. Type locality: "Signal M[oun]t[ain]s, Howard Co[unty], Texas" (original citation). Holotype (♀) in AMNH [# 1199]. Synonymy established by Sumlin (1985: 221).

Cicindela alleniana Mandl, 1961: 25. Replacement name for Cicindela alleni Cazier, 1939.

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Limestone Tiger Beetle", occurs from Carter and Murray Counties in southern Oklahoma (Pearson et al. 2006: 128) south to Coahuila and Nuevo León (Sumlin 1985: Fig. 9).

Records.

USA: OK, TX - Mexico

Note.

Another subspecies, Cicindela politula laetipennis Horn, is known from the state of Coahuila in Mexico.