Trichotichnus fulgens (Csiki, 1932)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 722-723

Trichotichnus fulgens (Csiki, 1932)

Harpalus nitidulus Chaudoir, 1843b: 788 [primary homonym of Harpalus nitidulus Stephens, 1828]. Type locality: "Nouvelle Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1968: 811), in MHNP.

Harpalus fulgens Csiki, 1932a: 1182 [primary homonym of Harpalus fulgens Dejean, 1829]. Replacement name for Harpalus nitidulus Chaudoir, 1843. Note. This name is a junior primary homonym of Harpalus fulgens Dejean, 1829 (= Notiobia chalcitis (Germar, 1824)). Since both names apply to taxa not considered congeneric since 1899, the case is to be referred to the Commission and meanwhile prevailing usage of both names must be maintained (ICZN 1999: Article 23.9.5).

Distribution.

This eastern species extends from Massachusetts (Middlesex County, Peter W. Messer pers. comm. 2008) to northeastern Kansas, including southernmost Ontario (Bousquet 1987a: 130) and southeastern Iowa, south to southeastern Texas and southern Florida, west to western Texas [see Noonan 1991: Fig. 286]. The record from southern Wisconsin (Rauterberg 1885: 21, as Harpalus nitidulus ) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: ON USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV [WI]

Note.

This species was included in the genus Harpalus Latreille by Lindroth (1968: 811) and Noonan (1991: 136) but placed in the genus Trichotichnus Morawitz by Ball and Bousquet (2000: 96) on information provided in litteris by Boris Kataev.