Diplochaetus rutilus (Chevrolat, 1863)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 462

Diplochaetus rutilus (Chevrolat, 1863)

Pogonus rutilus Chevrolat, 1863: 197. Type locality: «Cuba» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in UMO in collection Chevrolat and MHNP in collection Chaudoir).

Pogonus parallelus LeConte, 1874b: 44 [primary homonym of Pogonus parallelus Chaudoir, 1872]. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 34824]. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Laplante (1997: 708). Note. LeConte (1874b: 44) noted that the sole specimen he had was a female.

Pogonus lecontei G.H. Horn, 1876c: 250. Replacement name for Pogonus parallelus LeConte, 1874.

Distribution.

This species is known from New Jersey, southern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 56), the Florida Peninsula including the Keys, some islands in the Greater Antilles, southeastern Texas, Chiapas in Mexico, southern New Mexico (Otero County, CMNH), and southeastern Arizona [see Bousquet and Laplante 1997: map 2]. The species is also found in Colombia (Bousquet and Laplante 1997: 710) and Venezuela (Chaudoir 1872a: 36).

Records.

USA: AZ, FL, NJ, NM, SC, TX - Colombia, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela