Rediscovery and status of Cylindera (s. str.) lunalonga (Schaupp, 1884) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) in the San Joaquin Valley of California with a comparison to a Sierra Nevada population

Authors

Mike Kippenhan, Colorado State UniversityFollow
C. Barry Knisley, Randolph-Macon CollegeFollow
R. Dennis Haines, Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner Sealer’s Office, Tulare, CAFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-26-2012

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0254: 1-27

Comments

Published in 2012 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Copyright (c) Michael G. Kippenhan, C. Barry Knisley, R. Dennis Haines. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

Surveys for adult Cylindera (s. str.) lunalonga (Schaupp) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) were conducted between 2001 and 2011 at over 80 sites throughout the species’ historic range in the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Previously considered extirpated from the Valley, these surveys resulted in finding adults at 18 sites, several with large populations (>50 individuals). As suggested by historic records, our studies confirmed that the Valley populations of Cy. lunalonga occur in what were historically wetland sites, but are now lowland agricultural croplands. Adults were always associated with wet, muddy soil within and along the edges of irrigation ditches. A comparison of morphology, behavior, habitat, and conservation is made with the only known extant Sierra Nevada population.

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