Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Ellipsoptera sperata sperata (LeConte, 1856) Cicindela sperata LeConte, 1856a: 50. Type locality: "Rio Grande, at various places" (original citation), herein restricted to El Paso, El Paso County, Texas (see Harris 1911: 55). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 36]. Distribution. This subspecies, also known as the "Rio Grande Tiger Beetle", ranges from northern Utah to northeastern New Mexico [see Pearson et al. 2006: Map 103], south to Durango and Tamaulipas (Cazier 1954: 296). The records from western Kansas (Popenoe 1877: 22; Snow 1878: 63) and "Oklahoma" (Boyd 1982: 17) need confirmation; that from Yuma, California (Leng 1902: 167) is likely in error. Records. USA : AZ, CO, NM, TX, UT [KS, OK] - Mexico Note. Another subspecies, Ellipsoptera sperata vauriei (Cazier), is known from the state of Sonora in Mexico.