Schizogenius pygmaeus Van Dyke, 1925

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 288

Schizogenius pygmaeus Van Dyke, 1925

Schizogenius pygmaeus Van Dyke, 1925: 125. Type locality: "shores of Clear Lake, Lake County, California" (original citation). Holotype in CAS [# 1632].

Schizogenius championi Kult, 1950a: 142. Type locality: "Pantaleon (700 ft.), Guatemala" (original citation). Holotype in BMNH. Synonymy established by Whitehead (1972: 270). Etymology. The specific name was proposed in honor of the British coleopterist George Charles Champion [1851-1927] who is best known for his contribution to the Biologia Centrali-Americana. Engaged by Godman and Salvin, the editors and publishers of the series, Champion collected in Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia between 1879 and 1883. He served as Secretary and Chief Assistant to the editors and contributed major sections to nine volumes of the series on the Heteroptera and Coleoptera .

Distribution.

This widely distributed species ranges from northern California south through Arizona and western New Mexico to Colombia, including Baja California [see Whitehead 1972: Fig. 239].

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, NM - Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama