CICINDELINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten, Insecta Mundi 2011 (159), pp. 1-54 : 12

SUBFAMILY CICINDELINAE , the tiger beetles

TRIBE MEGACEPHALINI

Megacephala sobrina Dejean 1831: 202 ; Wagenaar Hummelinck 1955: 103, 1983: 108; Balazuc and Chalulmeau 1978: 18; Ivie 1983: 192; Freitag 1992: 154; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275. = Tetracha sobrina antiguana Leng and Mutchler 1916: 685 of Antigua. Distribution. Anegada, Antigua, Barbuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Guana, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico. St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas. Mexico, Central America , Colombia, Venezuela; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. The Barbados records of Ivie (1983: 194) and Bennett and Alam (1985: 19) are seemingly in error because they cannot be confirmed with specimens.

TRIBE CICINDELINI

Cicindela (Cicindelidia) trifasciata Fabricius 1781: 286 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 358; Leng and Mutchler 1916: 692; Balazuc and Chalumeau 1978: 20 (Cicincelidia); Ivie 1983: 197; Erwin and Sims 1984: 425; Freitag 1992: 157; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275; Ivie et al. 2008b: 237; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 12. Distribution. Anegada, Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, Bermuda, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grand Cayman, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas. USA (CA, NC to TX); Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad, Maragarita, Venezuela south to Chile, Galapagos; widespread New World.

Cicindela (Plectographa) suturalis Fabricius 1798: 62 ; Leng and Mutchler 1916: 693; Balazuc and Chalumeau 1978: 23 ( Cylindera ); Ivie 1983: 196; Erwin and Sims 1984: 424; Freitag 1992: 157; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275; Touroult 2005: 88. = Cicindela hebraea Klug 1834: 20 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 358; Erwin and Sims 1984: 425. = C. guadeloupensis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 358 of Guadeloupe; Chalumeau 1984: 175 as subspecies. = Cylindera suturalis balazuci Chalumeau 1984: 175 of Martinique; Touroult 2005: 88. = Cylindera suturalis grenadensis Chalumeau 1984: 176 of Grenada. Distribution. Anagada, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. John, St.Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, to Brazil; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. Chalumeau (1984) describes the polymorphisms of the species and recognizes six subspecies, of which four occur in the Lesser Antilles.