Cicindela scutellaris unicolor Dejean, 1825

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 242

Cicindela scutellaris unicolor Dejean, 1825

Cicindela unicolor Dejean, 1825: 52. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina (see Leng 1902: 125). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Distribution.

This subspecies, the "Unicolored Tiger Beetle", is known from eastern Tennessee and North Carolina (Pearson et al. 2006: 103) south to central Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 16; Choate 2003: Map 74), southern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 9), and southern Mississippi (Graves and Pearson 1973: 174); also recorded from “Virginia” (Erwin and Pearson 2008: 184). The records from Texas (Tucker 1906: 85), “Louisiana,” “Colorado” (Leng 1902: 125), New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 155), and Oklahoma (Drew and Van Cleave 1962: 115) could be based on strays, on intergrades, or be in error.

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN [VA]

Note.

According to Pearson et al. (2006: 103), this form intergrades with the rugifrons form in North Carolina and with the lecontei form in northern Missouri and Tennessee.