Cymindis americana Dejean, 1826

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 796

Cymindis americana Dejean, 1826

Cymindis americana Dejean, 1826: 446. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Concord [Middlesex County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1969a: 1079). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 25).

Cymindis venator Dejean, 1831: 311. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 25). Synonymy established by Horn (1882: 162), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 25).

Cymindis continens Casey, 1920: 287. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation), which is probably incorrect (Lindroth 1969a: 1082). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 146), in USNM [# 47607]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1079).

Distribution.

This species ranges from southern Quebec (Larochelle 1975: 78) to eastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 39), south to northeastern Texas (Lamar County, Brian Raber pers. comm. 2010), southern Louisiana (Chaudoir 1873c: 103), northern Alabama (Madison County, CMNH), and southeastern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 119). The record from “Florida” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 267) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, GA, KS, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV [FL]