Cicindela purpurea audubonii LeConte, 1845

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 240

Cicindela purpurea audubonii LeConte, 1845

Cicindela audubonii LeConte, 1845a: 201. Type locality: "flum[inis] Yellow-Stone" (original citation), cited from "ad ripas fluminis Yellowstone, apud Fort Union [Roosevelt County, northeastern Montana]" by LeConte (1845b: 207). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 3]. Etymology. The species name honors John James Audubon [1785-1851], celebrated American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter.

Cicindela purpurea var. graminea Schaupp, 1884a: 89. Type locality: "Kans[as], Cal[ifornia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) apparently destroyed. Synonymy established by Nicolay and Weiss (1932: 346).

Cicindela purpurea auguralis Casey, 1913: 21. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Three syntypes [3 originally cited] in USNM [# 45929]. Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela purpurea graminea Schaupp, by Horn (1915: 373).

Cicindela purpurea inducta Casey, 1913: 22. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 45931]. Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela purpurea graminea Schaupp, by Horn (1915: 373).

Cicindela purpurea var. nigerrima Leng, 1919a: 139. Type locality: "at the West" (original citation for Cicindela purpurea audubonii LeConte sensu LeConte, 1856), restricted to "Chimney Gulch, Golden, Colorado" by Dahl (1941: 170). Syntype(s) probably in MCZ. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 37). Note. This name was proposed for Cicindela purpurea var. audubonii LeConte, 1845 sensu LeConte (1856a: 37). Therefore the type series consists of the specimen(s) which had been misidentified (ICZN 1999: Article 72.4.2). The specimen in AMNH [# 1220] designated as lectotype by Dahl (1941: 170) is not a syntype.

Distribution.

This subspecies, the “Audubon’s Tiger Beetle", ranges from southern Manitoba to central British Columbia, south to east-central California, Arizona, and northern Texas [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 28]. The records from “Wisconsin,” “Illinois,” “Kentucky,” “Tennessee” and “Arkansas” (Boyd 1982: 7) apparently refer to the nominate form.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, SK USA: AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY