Chlaenius prasinus Dejean, 1826

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 617

Chlaenius prasinus Dejean, 1826

Chlaenius prasinus Dejean, 1826: 345. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi (see Casey 1920: 292, as Chlaenius regestus ). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 25).

Chlaenius smaragdinus Chaudoir, 1843b: 755. Type locality: «près de la Nouvelle-Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Melsheimer (1853: 13).

Chlaenius regestus Casey, 1920: 292. Type locality: "Vicksburg [Warren County], Mississippi" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47704]. Synonymy established by Bell (1960: 110).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Massachusetts to “Colorado” (Horn 1876d: 267), including southern Michigan and “Minnesota” (Gandhi et al. 2005: 929), south at least to central Texas and southern Florida (Bell 1960: 110-111).

Records.

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