Calosoma sponsa Casey, 1897

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 177

Calosoma sponsa Casey, 1897

Calosoma sponsa Casey, 1897: 340. Type locality: «Utah» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 37113]. Note. It is obvious that Casey (1897) incorrectly treated Calosoma as a feminine name. Therefore the specific name could be a noun in apposition, from the Latin sponsa, - ae (betrothed woman, bride), or a Latin adjective, from sponsus, - a, - um (promised, engaged, betrothed). In such case, the name is to be treated as a noun in apposition (ICZN 1999: Article 31.2.2) unless the author indicated that he or she regarded the name as an adjective or the evidence of usage is decisive. Casey (1897: 340) did not indicate that the name was an adjective and the evidence of usage is not decisive since the name has been treated as an adjective (e.g., Calosoma sponsum ) by some authors (e.g., Erwin et al. 1977: 4.4; Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 72; Lorenz 2005: 70; Erwin 2007: 104) and as a noun in apposition (e.g., Calosoma sponsa ) by others (e.g., Gidaspow 1959: 260; Culot 1988: 13). Consequently the name is to be treated as a noun in apposition.

Calosoma parviceps Casey, 1897: 341. Type locality: «Arizona» (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 37112]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1928a: 103), confirmed by Gidaspow (1959: 260).

Distribution.

This species is known from western Utah (Millard County, Ken Karns pers. comm. 2009), western Nevada, southern California, and “Arizona” (Gidaspow 1959: 260).

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, NV, UT