Loxandrus saphyrinus (Chaudoir, 1843)

Bousquet, Yves, 2006, New Synonymies and Notes on North American Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (2), pp. 145-157 : 156

The saphyrinus group

Members of this group have the following character states: mentum with sides rounded, tooth not reaching apices of lobes, paramedian foveal pits small; lateral depressions of pronotum widely explanate posteriorly, partly with meshed microsculpture; disc of pronotum with indistinct meshed microsculpture; posterior angles of pronotum widely rounded; anterotransverse impression of pronotum widely indistinct medially; elytra without orange spot at apical fourth around suture; elytral microsculpture striate, lines indistinct; epipleuron with subapical plica; metasternum (laterally) and metepisternum with punctures; metasternum with shallow but distinct constriction medially at level of posterior edges of mesocoxae; tarsomeres 5 without setae underneath; endephallus with sclerotized ring; body size large (SBL ¼ 10.7– 12.3 mm).

This group includes a single, large, characteristic species, restricted to the southeastern United States.