Cicindela albissima Rumpp, 1962

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 252

Cicindela albissima Rumpp, 1962

Cicindela limbata albissima Rumpp, 1962: 181. Type locality: "Coral Pink Sand Dunes (6,300 feet), 14 miles south of M[oun]t Carmel Junction, Kane County, Utah" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 17198].

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Coral Pink Sand Dune Tiger Beetle", is confined to a small area of less than 400 hectares in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes formation in southwestern Utah [see Johnson 1991: Fig. 22] and is considered an endangered species.

Records.

USA: UT

Note.

This taxon was listed as a subspecies of Cicindela limbata Say by Johnson (1991) and Freitag (1999: 32). Molecular studies have shown that it represents a distinct species (Morgan et al. 2000).