Chlaenius tricolor tricolor Dejean, 1826

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 619

Chlaenius tricolor tricolor Dejean, 1826

Chlaenius tricolor Dejean, 1826: 334. Type locality: «Géorgie» (original citation), herein restricted to Atlanta, Fulton County (see Bell 1960: 141). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 25).

Chlaenius quadricollis Kirby, 1837: 22. Type locality: «Canada» (original citation). One syntype in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 169). Synonymy established with doubt by Chaudoir (1856: 283), confirmed by Lindroth (1953b: 169).

Chlaenius atripennis LeConte, 1847: 436. Type locality: "provinciis mediis" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5863]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1853c: 390), confirmed by Lindroth (1969a: 986).

Distribution.

This subspecies ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 134) to northwestern Montana (Russell 1968: 66), south to central New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 160), central Texas, northwestern Georgia, and northern South Carolina (Bell 1960: 142).

Records.

CAN: AB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV

Note.

Bell (1960: 142) noted the presence of intergrade specimens between the two forms of Chlaenius tricolor in the area immediately west of the Rocky Mountains.