Brachinus geniculatus Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 486

Brachinus geniculatus Dejean, 1831

Brachinus geniculatus Dejean, 1831: 428. Type locality: "environs de Carthagène [Colombia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP.

Brachinus ventralis Mannerheim, 1837: 40. Type locality: "Columbia ad Maracay" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1876a: 78).

Brachynus rhytiderus Chaudoir, 1876a: 76. Type locality: «Mexique» (original citation), restricted to "San Luis Potosi" by Erwin (1970a: 63). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 63), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Erwin (1973b: 79).

Distribution.

This species ranges from east-central Texas south at least to northern Colombia (Dejean 1831: 428) [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 110].

Records.

USA: TX - Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.