Bembidion aratum (LeConte, 1852)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 407

Bembidion aratum (LeConte, 1852)

Ochthedromus aratus LeConte, 1852a: 189. Type locality: "ad flumen Gila" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1982b: 479), in MCZ [# 3343].

Bembidion definitum Casey, 1918: 116. Type locality: «Tuçson [Pima County], Arizona" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 37030]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1982b: 479).

Distribution.

This species is known from the Gila River drainage in southwestern New Mexico (David R. Maddison pers. comm. 2007) and southern Arizona (Casey 1918: 116, as Bembidion definitum ; Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties, CMNH), south to San Luis Potosí in the Sierra Madre Oriental (Ball and Shpeley 1992a: 47, as Bembidion definitum ). The record from Inyo County in eastern California (Riley 1893: 239) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AZ, NM [CA] - Mexico