Chlaenius niger Randall, 1838

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 624

Chlaenius niger Randall, 1838

Chlaenius niger Randall, 1838b: 34. Type locality: "vicinity of Boston [Massachusetts]" (original citation). Syntype(s) lost.

Chlaenius niger var. ludoviciana Leng, 1915: 592. Type locality: «Louisiana» (original citation). Holotype location unknown. Synonymy established by Bell (1960: 133).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 133) to south-central British Columbia (Lindroth 1969a: 992), south to northeastern Washington (Hatch 1953: 162), “Wyoming” (Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 1992), east-central Texas, southern Florida, and Cuba (Bell 1960: 133-134). The record from "Yukon Territory" (Ball and Currie 1997: 453) could not be confirmed.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY, TX [YT] - Cuba

Note.

The name Chlaenius exaratus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 is often listed as a junior synonym of this species (e.g., Bell 1960: 133; Lindroth 1969a: 991). However, LaFerté-Sénectère never provided a description of the taxon and the name is a nomen nudum.