Brachinus viridipennis Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 477

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scientific name	Brachinus viridipennis Dejean, 1831
status

Treatment

Brachinus viridipennis Dejean, 1831: 426. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Mobile [Mobile County], Alabama" by Erwin (1970a: 90). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Erwin (1970a: 90)] (♀) in MHNP.

Brachinus viridis LeConte, 1844: 49. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 90), in MCZ [# 5840]. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1868b: 289), confirmed by Erwin (1970a: 144).

Distribution.

This species is found only in the southern parts of the United States from southern South Carolina to southern Florida, west to southern Arkansas and eastern Texas [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 199]. The record from New Jersey (Smith 1910: 212) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, FL, GA, SC, TX [NJ]

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Brachinus