Scaphinotus guyotii (LeConte, 1863)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 163

Scaphinotus guyotii (LeConte, 1863)

Cychrus guyotii LeConte, 1863b: 50. Type locality: "North Carolina, near M[oun]t Le Conte" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 612]. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Arnold Henri Guyot [1807-1884], geologist involved mainly with hypsometric measurements of eastern mountains, meteorology, and the reform of geographic teaching in colleges and secondary schools. Born in Neuchatel in Switzerland, Guyot emigrated to the United States at the suggestion of his friend Louis Agassiz. In 1856, he founded what is now the Princeton Museum of Natural History. Three mountains are named after him in the White Mountains, the Great Smoky Mountains, and Colorado Rockies as well as a glacier in southeastern Alaska and a crater on the moon. Note. 1. Mount LeConte is located in Sevier County, Tennessee, so LeConte (1863b: 50) probably made an error in the name of the state. 2. This species was redescribed by LeConte (1867b: 363).

Cychrus guyoti form angelli Beutenmüller, 1918: 89. Type locality: "Black Mountains in western North Carolina" (original citation). Syntype(s) in AMNH [# 1069] and ANSP. Synonymy established by Darlington (1932: 149).

Scaphinotus confusus Darlington, 1932: 146. Type locality: "M[oun]t Mitchell (about 6,000'), Black Mountains, North Carolina" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in MCZ [# 16430]. Synonymy established, under the name Scaphinotus guyoti var. angelli ( Beutenmüller), by Valentine (1935: 363).

Distribution.

This species is found along the Appalachians from south-central West Virginia (Fayette County, CMNH) and Virginia (Valentine 1935: 363) to northern Georgia (Rabun, Towns, and Union Counties, CMNH) and northwestern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 31).

Records.

USA: GA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV