Brachinus cordicollis Dejean, 1826

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 477-478

Brachinus cordicollis Dejean, 1826

Brachinus cordicollis Dejean, 1826: 466. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Fairfax Co[unty], V[irgini]a" by Lindroth (1969a: 1105). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 144), in MHNP.

Brachinus velox LeConte, 1846b: 206. Type locality: "NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 144), in MCZ [# 5850]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1863a: 524), confirmed by Erwin (1970a: 144).

Brachinus leptocerus Chaudoir, 1868b: 296. Type locality: Amérique septentrionale (inferred from title of the paper), restricted to "New York" by Lindroth (1969a: 1105). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 144), in MHNP. Synonymy established with doubt, under the name Brachinus velox LeConte, by Chaudoir (1868b: 296), confirmed by Erwin (1970a: 144).

Brachynus gracilis Blatchley, 1910: 160. Type locality: "Marshall County [Indiana]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Blatchley (1930: 33), in PURC. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1105) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from New Brunswick to east-central South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 40), south to northwestern Arkansas, northwestern Tennessee (Cheatham County, CMNH), and Virginia. The species is also known from a number of localities in the southern part of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado and New Mexico [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 391]. The records from Georgia (J.E. LeConte 1849: 25; Fattig 1949: 42), southwestern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 23), and “Utah” (Horn 1872c: 384; Erwin 1970a: 147) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: NB, ON, QC USA: AR, CO, CT, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV [AL, GA, UT]