Loxandrus celer (Dejean, 1828)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 490

Loxandrus celer (Dejean, 1828)

Feronia celeris Dejean, 1828: 246. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia (see Allen 1972: 45). Lectotype (♂), designated by Allen (1972: 44), in MHNP.

Loxandrus rapidus Chaudoir, 1868b: 344. Type locality: «Louisiane» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Allen (1972: 44), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Allen (1972: 44).

Loxandrus parvicollis Casey, 1918: 389. Type locality: "Galveston [Galveston County], Texas" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47343]. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2006a: 149).

Loxandrus concinnus Casey, 1918: 391. Type locality: "Dunedin [Pinellas County], Florida" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Allen (1977: 286), in USNM [# 47353]. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2006a: 147).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Virginia (Virginia Beach County, VMNH) to southern Florida, west to southeastern Texas (Casey 1918: 389, as Loxandrus parvicollis ) and central Oklahoma (Grady County, Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 2012), south to Chiapas in southern Mexico; also known from the Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, and Puerto Rico (Peck 2005: 31, as Loxandrus celeris ) [see Allen 1972: Fig. 147]. The records from “Pennsylvania” (LeConte 1853a: 252) and southwestern Ohio (Wright and Whitehouse 1941: 70) need confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, OK, SC, TX, VA [OH, PA] - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico