Galerita lecontei lecontei Dejean, 1831

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Galerita lecontei lecontei Dejean, 1831

Galerita lecontei Dejean, 1831: 294. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (see Reichardt 1967: 32). Lectotype (♂), designated by Reichardt (1967: 31), in MHNP.

Galerita californica Mannerheim, 1843: 183. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMH). Synonymy established by LeConte (1879c: 61).

Galerita infirma Casey, 1897: 350. Type locality: "Yuma [Yuma County], Arizona" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47585]. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1967: 31).

Galerita crinicornis Casey, 1920: 229. Type locality: "near El Paso [El Paso County], Texas" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47581]. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1967: 31).

Galerita californica arizonica Casey, 1920: 231. Type locality: "Arizona and Texas" (original citation). Three syntypes in USNM [# 47583]. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1967: 31).

Distribution.

The range of this subspecies is disjunct: there is an eastern component ranging from Virginia to southwestern Kentucky (Trigg County, Foster F. Purrington pers. comm. 2011) southwards to southern Florida and South Bimini Island in the Bahamas, westwards to eastern Texas; the western population ranges from central California southeastwards to the state of Durango in Mexico [see Ball and Nimmo 1983: Fig. 17]. The record from east-central Missouri (Summers 1873: 133) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, NM, SC, TN, TX, VA [MO] - Bahamas, Mexico

Note.

The subspecies Galerita lecontei bicoloripes Reichardt is found in central Mexico, that of Galerita lecontei veracrucis Ball and Nimmo along the Gulf states of Mexico, and that of Galerita lecontei tenebricosa Klug in several islands of the Greater Antilles.