Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 197-198

Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say, 1823)

Manticora cylindriformis Say, 1823b: 139. Type locality: "Arkansa[s] [River] ... found at the base of the Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Syntype(s) lost. Note. Say’s specimen(s) were probably collected in Colorado.

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle", ranges from southwestern South Dakota (Howden 1970: 8) and eastern Wyoming (Huber 1978: 75) south to western Texas [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 3]. The record from " Arizona" (Horn 1910a: 123) is in error; those from “Arkansas” (Leng 1902: 97; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 20) are probably based on a misinterpretation of the type locality.

Records.

USA: CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY