Cicindela denverensis Casey, 1897

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Cicindela denverensis Casey, 1897

Cicindela denverensis Casey, 1897: 297. Type locality: "Denver [Denver County], Colorado" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45939].

Cicindela purpurea var. ludoviciana Leng, 1902: 132. Type locality: «Vowell’s Mill, Natchitoches Parish, in the northwestern part of Louisiana" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Dahl (1941: 171), in AMNH [# 1222]. Synonymy established by Schincariol and Freitag (1991: 1347).

Cicindela denverensis conquisita Casey, 1914: 357. Type locality: "Sioux Co[unty], Nebraska" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45940]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 444).

Cicindela denverensis oreada Casey, 1914: 358. Type locality: "Benkelman [Dundy County], Nebraska" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45941]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 444).

Cicindela plattensis Smyth, 1933: 202. Type locality: "valley of the South Platte" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela denverensis conquisita Casey, by Nicolay (1934: 154).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Green Claybank Tiger Beetle", inhabits the Great Plains from eastern Montana and North Dakota south to northern Louisiana, northern Texas, and northeastern New Mexico [see Schincariol and Freitag 1991: Fig. 13].

Records.

USA: AR, CO, KS, LA, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY

Note.

According to Pearson et al. (2006: 92), individuals with green elytra and blue head and thorax from northwestern Louisiana and southwestern Arkansas (originally described under the name ludoviciana) may be either an isolated population of this species or a local green morph of Cicindela splendida . They also added that based on the ecology, behavior, and distribution, the greenish population is more likely a local variant of Cicindela splendida .