Agonum fidele Casey, 1920

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 766-767

Agonum fidele Casey, 1920

Platynus laevis LeConte, 1854b: 48 [secondary homonym of Agonum laeve (Gyllenhal, 1827)]. Type locality: "middle and western states" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5763].

Platynus molestus LeConte, 1863b: 7 [secondary homonym of Agonum molestum Motschulsky, 1844]. Replacement name for Platynus laevis LeConte, 1854.

Agonum fidele Casey, 1920: 116. Type locality: "Boston Neck [Washington County], Rhode Island" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47480]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 142), confirmed by Lindroth (1954b: 139).

Agonum subinflatum Casey, 1920: 117. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County, Michigan], Lake Superior" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47478]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1954b: 140).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Cape Breton Island (Lindroth 1954c: 306) to western Wisconsin (Kleintjes et al. 2003: 81; Messer 2010: 42), south to northeastern Mississippi (Snodgrass and Cross 1983: 13) and west-central South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 112). The record from "Prince Edward Island" (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 256) is based on misidentified small specimens of Agonum melanarium Dejean (CNC).

Records.

CAN: NB, NS (CBI), ON, QC USA: CT, DC, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV