Rhadine babcocki (Barr, 1960)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 739

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scientific name	Rhadine babcocki (Barr, 1960)
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Agonum babcocki Barr, 1960b: 52. Type locality: «Mayfield’s Cave, Sutton Co[unty], Texas" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in USNM [# 75388]. Etymology. The specific name was proposed in honor of Orville Gorman Babcock [1885-1973] who collected some of the paratypes. Babcock was an entomologist who worked with the USDA on animal insect parasites.

Distribution.

This species is known from a number of caves in Sutton, Edwards, and Pecos Counties, western Texas (Barr 1960b: 52).

Records.

USA: TX

Note.

This taxon has been considered a subspecies of Rhadine araizi by Bolívar y Pieltain and Hendricks (1964: 6) but treated as a distinct species by Barr (1982a: 183-184).