Chlaenius ruficauda Chaudoir, 1856

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 622

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scientific name	Chlaenius ruficauda Chaudoir, 1856
status

Treatment

Chlaenius apicalis LeConte, 1851: 179 [secondary homonym of Chlaenius apicalis (Wiedemann, 1819)]. Type locality: "ad fluminis Colorado ripas" (original citation). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 71].

Chlaenius posticus LeConte, 1853c: 390 [secondary homonym of Chlaenius posticus (Fabricius, 1798)]. Replacement name for Chlaenius apicalis LeConte, 1851.

Chlaenius ruficauda Chaudoir, 1856: 194. Replacement name for Chlaenius apicalis LeConte, 1851 and Chlaenius posticus LeConte, 1853.

Distribution.

This species ranges from southern California to southwestern New Mexico, south to Oaxaca in Mexico (Bell 1960: 116).

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, NM - Mexico

Note.

The name Chlaenius dimidiatus Motschulsky, 1858 is often listed as a junior synonym of this species (e.g., Csiki 1931: 971; Bell 1960: 115). However, Motschulsky never provided a description of the taxon and the name is a nomen nudum.