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 Habroscelimorpha gabbii (Horn, 1867) Cicindela gabbii G.H. Horn, 1867a: 395. Type locality: "near Wilmington (San Pedro) [Los Angeles County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Ward (1982: 62), in MCZ [# 35316]. Etymology. The specific name honors the American paleontologist William More Gabb [1839-1878] who worked for the California Geological Survey. Distribution. This species, also known as the "Western Tidal Flat Tiger Beetle", occurs along the Pacific Coast from southern California to central Baja California Peninsula, and along the Gulf of California Coast from northern Sonora to Sinaloa (Cazier 1954: 291) [see Pearson et al. 1997: Fig. 28]. According to Pearson et al. (2006: 139), this species is now found in the United States only in three or four protected areas in Ventura, Orange, and San Diego Counties. Records. USA : CA - Mexico