Notiobia purpurascens (Bates, 1882)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 638

Notiobia purpurascens (Bates, 1882)

Anisotarsus purpurascens Bates, 1882a: 50. Type locality: "Las Vigas [Veracruz], Mexico" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1973: 311), in BMNH.

Anisotarsus convexulus Casey, 1914: 210. Type locality: "Galveston [Galveston County], Texas" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 311), in USNM [# 47968]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 311).

Anisotarsus inaudax Casey, 1914: 211. Type locality: "Galveston and westward nearly to El Paso, Texas" (original citation), restricted to "Galveston [Galveston County]" by Noonan (1973: 311). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 311), in USNM [# 47967]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 311).

Anisotarsus extraneus Casey, 1914: 212. Type locality: "Los Angeles Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 311), in USNM [# 47969]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 311).

Anisotarsus calathoides Casey, 1914: 212. Type locality: «Arizona» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1973: 311), in USNM [# 47970]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 311).

Distribution.

This species ranges from the San Francisco Bay area to southwestern Alabama, including central Missouri (Shockley and Cline 2004: 281), south to central Mexico and southern California [see Noonan 1973: Fig. 145]. The species is adventive on several islands of Hawaii (Liebherr 2009: 403).

Records.

USA: AL, AZ, CA, LA, MO, MS, NM, TX - Mexico