Loxandrus crenatus, LeConte, 1852

Bousquet, Yves, 2006, New Synonymies and Notes on North American Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (2), pp. 145-157 : 153

The crenatus group

Members of this group share the following character states: mentum with sides 6 straight, tooth narrow and not reaching apices of lobes, paramedian foveal pits small; lateral depressions of pronotum without or with poorly impressed meshed microsculpture; disc of pronotum without meshed microsculpture; posterior angles of pronotum right to slightly obtuse, not denticulate; elytra without orange spot at apical fourth around suture; elytral microsculpture striate, lines indistinct; epipleuron with subapical plica; metasternum and metepisternum with few but coarse punctures; metasternum without constriction medially at level of posterior edges of mesocoxae; tarsomeres 5 with setae underneath; endophallus without sclerotized ring; body size small (SBL ¼ 4.9–6.6 mm).

This group includes two species endemic to the southeastern United States, one of which ( L. proximus ) is known only from the holotype (see entry for L. proximus above).