Platynus cincticollis (Say, 1823)

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Platynus cincticollis (Say, 1823)

Feronia cincticollis Say, 1823a: 52. Type locality: "Phila[delphia] [Philadelphia County], P[ennsylvani]a" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 343), in MCZ [# 33019].

Feronia maculifrons Say, 1823b: 146 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: "Arkansa Territory" (original citation). Syntype(s) lost. Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1854b: 43).

Platynus blandus Germar, 1824: 12 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: "America septentrionali" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably lost (Lindroth 1966: 640). Synonymy established by Say (1830b: (4) [3]).

Anchomenus corvinus Dejean, 1828: 109. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 19). Synonymy established by Say (1830b: (4) [3]), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 19).

Anchomenus deplanatus Chaudoir, 1843b: 763. Type locality: "Nouvelle Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established by LeConte (1854b: 43).

Anchomenus marginalis Haldeman, 1843b: 299. Type locality: southeastern Pennsylvania (Haldeman 1843a: 296). One possible syntype, a ♀ labeled "[pink disc] / marginalis praec. var. Hd. [handwritten] / cincticollis 4 [handwritten]," in MCZ (collection LeConte). Synonymy established, under the name Platynus deplanatus (Chaudoir), by LeConte (1846b: 221).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Sable Island (CNC) off the Nova Scotia coast to southeastern Minnesota (Gandhi et al. 2005: 932), south to southern Texas (Casey 1920: 40, as Platynus cincticollis deplanatus ; Dajoz 2007: 23) and southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 23); also recorded from Bermuda (Hilburn and Gordon 1989: 677).

Records.

CAN: NS, ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV - Bermuda