Coptodera aerata Dejean, 1825

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 794

Coptodera aerata Dejean, 1825

Coptodera aerata Dejean, 1825: 277. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to «Jone’s Creek, Lee Co[unty], V[irgini]a" by Lindroth (1969a: 1039). Lectotype (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 118), in MHNP.

Coptodera viridipennis Gory, 1833: 194. Type locality: «Java» (original citation), which is incorrect (Shpeley and Ball 1994: 118). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 118), in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1850a: 357), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 118).

Coptodera viridipennis LeConte, 1846b: 196 [primary homonym of Coptodera viridipennis Gory, 1833]. Type locality: «Alabama» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 118), in MCZ [# 34513]. Synonymy established by Melsheimer (1853: 6), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 118).

Coptodera ruficornis Chaudoir, 1870b: 179. Type locality: «états méridionaux de l’Union américaine» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 119)] (♀) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Horn (1882: 160), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 119).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from Connecticut (New London County, William L. Krinsky pers. comm. 2012) to southeastern Nebraska, south to eastern Texas and west-central Florida [see Shpeley and Ball 1994: map 19]. According to Shpeley and Ball (1994: 119), the specimens labeled from Gallatin County in Montana (CAS) and Santa Cruz County in Arizona (AMNH) are probably mislabeled.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV