Axinopalpus biplagiatus (Dejean, 1825)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 811

Axinopalpus biplagiatus (Dejean, 1825)

Dromius biplagiatus Dejean, 1825: 243. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Hays [Ellis County], Kansas" by Lindroth (1969a: 1058). Syntype(s) presumably lost (Lindroth 1969a: 1058).

Dromius californicus Motschulsky, 1845b: 336 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU though not listed in Keleinikova 1976). Synonymy established by LeConte (1880b: 164).

Axinopalpus coloradensis Casey, 1920: 266. Type locality: "Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47680]. New synonymy.

Axinopalpus habilis Casey, 1920: 266. Type locality: "Austin [Travis County], Texas" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in USNM [# 47679]. New synonymy.

Axinopalpus demissus Casey, 1920: 267. Type locality: "San Francisco to Los Angeles, California" (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 47681]. New synonymy.

Distribution.

This species ranges from “Maine” (Larochelle and Larivière 1990a: 32) to “Washington” (Hatch 1953: 156), north to the southern part of the Prairie Provinces (Bousquet 1987a: 133), south to southwestern California (Casey 1920: 266, as Axinopalpus demissus ; Moore 1937: 12), southern Arizona (Wickham 1898: 300; Ober and Maddison 2008: 31), southern Texas (Wickham 1897: 109; Kerr and Hidalgo Counties, CNC, USNM), and west-central Georgia (Fattig 1949: 39). The records from “Pennsylvania,” “Florida” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 272), Vancouver Island (see Lindroth 1969a: 1058), and Mexico (Blackwelder 1944: 58) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, ON, QC, SK USA: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY [BC, FL, PA]