Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean, 1826)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 160

Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean, 1826)

Cychrus viduus Dejean, 1826: 12. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Susquahanna [= Susquehanna] R[iver], Penns[ylvania]" by Lindroth (1961a: 18). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 11).

Cychrus leonardii T.W. Harris, 1839: 193. Type locality "northern and western parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire [page 193] and Vermont [page 194]" (original citation). One syntype [5 originally cited] in MCZ [# 26410]. Synonymy established by Darlington (1932: 146). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Levi Washburn Leonard [1790?-1864], a Unitarian minister who settled in Dublin, New Hampshire. Leonard, a close friend and classmate of Thaddeus Harris, was an enthusiastic collector of insects and provided Harris with many specimens, including at one occasion 600 beetles, probably over 200 species, caught in the shadow of Mount Monadnock (Dow 1913: 109). Leonard is credited with opening the first library in the United States that was free to all the inhabitants of a town or city.

Distribution.

This species ranges from Nova Scotia (CNC) to northern Indiana (Barr 1969: 74), south to northeastern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 8) along the Appalachian Mountains. The records from northern Florida (Harris 1839: 192) and “Louisiana” (Roeschke 1907a: 145) are probably in error.

Records.

CAN: NB, NS, QC USA: CT, DC, DE, GA, IN, MA, ME, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, VT, WV