Rhadine jejuna (LeConte, 1878)

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Rhadine jejuna (LeConte, 1878)

Platynus jejunus LeConte, 1878a: 449. Type locality: "mountains of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho" (original citation). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 5738].

Rhadine gracilenta Casey, 1913: 166. Type locality: «California» (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 35019]. New synonymy.

Rhadine plumasensis Casey, 1920: 12. Type locality: "Plumas Co[unty], California" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 35016]. New synonymy.

Rhadine pugetana Casey, 1920: 13. Type locality: "Wawawai [Whitman County], Washington" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 35017]. Synonymy established by Gray (1937: 310).

Rhadine tenuipes Casey, 1920: 13. Type locality: «California» (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 35018]. New synonymy.

Distribution.

This species ranges from eastern Washington to southwestern Wyoming (Parmenter and MacMahon 1984: 26), south to northern Arizona (Wichkam 1896a: 157) and the Sierra Nevada in California (Casey 1913: 166). The records from Colorado (Cockerell 1893: 72; Wickham 1902: 238) need confirmation.

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, WY [CO]

Note.

A preliminary study of the type specimens of Rhadine gracilenta Casey, Rhadine plumasensis Casey, and Rhadine tenuipes Casey did not show any significant external differences from members of Rhadine jejuna (LeConte).