Cicindela ocellata ocellata Klug, 1834

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Cicindela flavo-punctata Chevrolat, 1834 [8 March]: [no. 28] [primary homonym of Cicindela flavopunctata Audouin, 1832]. Type locality: Mexico (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in UMO).

Cicindela ocellata Klug, 1834 [19 November]: 33. Type locality: "Jalapa [=Jalapa Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) location unknown. Synonymy established by Gemminger and Harold (1868a: 15).

Cicindela incerta Chevrolat, 1835c: [no. 127]. Type locality: "Tutepec, Véra-Cruz? [Mexico]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] location unknown (possibly in UMO). Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela flavopunctata Chevrolat, by Gemminger and Harold (1868a: 15).

Cicindela humeralis Chevrolat, 1841: [plate 59] 13. Type locality: Mexico (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in UMO). Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela flavopunctata Chevrolat, by Gemminger and Harold (1868a: 15).

Cicindela flavopunctata var. chiapana Bates, 1890: 505. Type locality: "Tapachula in Chiapas; La Noria in Sinaloa; Guatemala, near the city" (original citation), restricted to "Tapachula, Chiapas" by Freitag (1999: 66). Two syntypes in DEI ( Döbler 1973: 368). Synonymy established, under the name Cicindela flavopunctata humeralis Chevrolat, by Horn (1915: 387).

Distribution.

This subspecies, also known as the "Ocellated Tiger Beetle", occurs from southeastern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico (Pearson et al. 2006: 133) south to Costa Rica (Blackwelder 1944: 18); also recorded from “Texas” (Erwin and Pearson 2008: 162).

Records.

USA: AZ, NM [TX] - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua