Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 476-477

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scientific name

Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825
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Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825

Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825: 316. Type locality: «Géorgie» (original citation), herein restricted to Thomasville, Thomas County (see Erwin 1970a: 90). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MHNP.

Brachinus librator Dejean, 1831: 425. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Erwin (1970a: 88)] (♂) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Brachinus deyrollii LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841a: 42. Type locality: «Missouri» (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for the French amateur coleopterist Achille Deyrolle [1818-1865], a dealer of natural history specimens in Paris.

Brachinus strenuus LeConte, 1844: 48. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MCZ [# 5844]. Synonymy established with doubt, under the name Brachinus deyrollii LaFerté-Sénectère, by LeConte (1858a: 28), confirmed by Erwin (1970a: 88).

Brachinus tormentarius LeConte, 1846b: 200. Type locality: "provinciis occidentalibus" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MCZ [# 5845]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Brachinus distinguendus Chaudoir, 1868b: 287. Type locality: Amérique septentrionale (inferred from title of the paper). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Distribution.

This species extends from Connecticut and "Rhode Island" (Sikes 2003: 8) to southern Minnesota and northeastern Nebraska, south to the Rio Grande in south-central New Mexico and southeastern Texas, and the Florida Keys [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 201].

Records.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Brachinus

Loc

Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Brachinus distinguendus

Chaudoir 1868
1868
Loc

Brachinus strenuus

LeConte 1844
1844
Loc

Brachinus librator

Dejean 1831
1831
Loc

Brachinus alternans

Dejean 1825
1825