Chlaenius brevilabris LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 618-619

Chlaenius brevilabris LeConte, 1847

Chlaenius brevilabris LeConte, 1847: 437. Type locality: "ad Insulam Longam NovEboraci [= Long Island, New York]" (original citation). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 5864].

Chlaenius consimilis LeConte, 1847: 437 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: "ad Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5865]. Synonymy established by Horn (1876d: 276). Note. According to Bell (1960: 143), the holotype of Chlaenius consimilis is a deformed specimen that could be instead an abnormal Chlaenius tricolor .

Chlaenius texanellus Casey, 1914: 37. Type locality: "Galveston [Galveston County], Texas" (original citation). Nineteen syntypes in USNM [# 47712]. New synonymy. Note. Bell (1960: 143) retained this name for a subspecies of Chlaenius brevilabris based on different forebody metallic lustre; I believe the form does not warrant subspecific status.

Distribution.

This species ranges from south-central New Hampshire (Merrimack County, Ross T. Bell pers. comm. 2008) to eastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 35), including southern Ontario (Lindroth 1969a: 987), south to southern Texas (Bell 1960: 143) and southwestern South Carolina (Hampton County, CMNH). The records from “Utah” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 207) and New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 160) need confirmation.

Records.

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