Cylindera lunalonga (Schaupp, 1884)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 211

Cylindera lunalonga (Schaupp, 1884)

Cicindela lunalonga Schaupp, 1884b: 122. Type locality: "Sierra Nevada, Cal[ifornia]" (original citation), herein restricted to near Westwood, Lassen County (see Kippenhan and Knisley 2009: 30). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) apparently destroyed.

Cicindela lunalonga var. tuolumnae Leng, 1902: 157. Type locality: "Hetch Hetchy Valley, Tuolumne Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Dahl (1941: 191), in AMNH [# 1228]. Synonymy established (as aberration) by Horn (1905: 23), confirmed by Kippenhan and Knisley (2009: 30).

Cicindela tularensis Casey, 1914: 19. Type locality: "Tulare Co[unty], California" (original citation). Four syntypes [4 originally cited] in USNM [# 45919]. Synonymy established by Horn (1915: 444), confirmed by Kippenhan and Knisley (2009: 31).

Cicindela pusilla wagneri Cazier, 1937c: 117. Type locality: "Friant, Freno Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]" (original citation). Holotype (♀) in AMNH [# 1203]. Synonymy established by Cazier (1948: 17), confirmed by Kippenhan and Knisley (2009: 31).

Distribution.

This species, also known as the "Meadow Tiger Beetle", is restricted to the western and northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent eastern portion of the San Joaquin Valley of California (Woodcock et al. 2006: 869). Specimens labeled from Riverside in California, Prescott in Arizona (see Cazier 1939: 28), and Olmito and San Benito in Texas are doubtful or in error (Woodcock et al. 2006: 869); the records from San Pedro Mártir Mountains in Baja California (Cazier 1948: 18) and “Nevada” (Boyd 1982: 16) need confirmation. Extensive surveys in the past 20 years have produce a sole extant population, near Westwood in Lassen County leading Woodcock et al. (2006: 875) to suggest that the species should be considered as a candidate for listing as a Threatened and Endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Records.

USA: CA [NV]

Note.

This form has been considered a subspecies of Cylindera terricola (Say) or a full species depending on the author until mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that it is a distinct species (Woodcock et al. 2006).