Tetragonoderus laevigatus Chaudoir, 1876

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 791

Tetragonoderus laevigatus Chaudoir, 1876

Tetragonoderus laevigatus Chaudoir, 1876d: 46. Type locality: «près de Montevideo, Uruguay" (original citation). One syntype (♂) in MHNP (Shpeley and Ball 2008: 7).

Tetragonoderus unicolor Chaudoir, 1876d: 47 [primary homonym of Tetragonoderus unicolor Gemminger and Harold, 1868]. Type locality: "province de Rio-Janeiro [Brazil]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (2008: 7), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (2008: 7).

Tetragonoderus chaudoiri Liebke, 1928: 129. Replacement name for Tetragonoderus unicolor Chaudoir, 1876.

Distribution.

This South American species is adventive in southeastern Florida (Shpeley and Ball 2008: 9). The first inventoried specimen collected on this continent was found in March 2007 (Halbert 2007: 7; Shpeley and Ball 2008: 9). In South America, the species ranges from the Baía de Marajó along the Atlantic Coast in northern Brazil to southern Uruguay and central Argentina (Shpeley and Ball 2008: Fig. 6).

Records.

USA: FL - Adventive