Pentagonica flavipes flavipes (LeConte, 1853)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 785

Pentagonica flavipes flavipes (LeConte, 1853)

Didetus flavipes LeConte, 1853c: 377. Type locality: «Louisiana» (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5835].

Pentagonica americana Motschulsky, 1864: 224. Type locality: "environs de Mobile [Mobile County, Alabama]" (original citation). Lectotype, designated by Bousquet (1997b: 339), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Horn (1882: 163), confirmed by Bousquet (1997b: 339).

Pentagonica albipes Bates, 1883a: 218. Type locality: "Mirandilla, Guatemala; Bugaba, Panama" (original citation). Syntype(s) in BMNH. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1968: 153).

Rhombodera picea Fleutiaux and Sallé, 1890: 362. Type locality: "Cascade Vauchelet, Camp- Jacob; Trois-Rivières [Guadeloupe]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1968: 153).

Distribution.

This subspecies ranges from southwestern New Jersey (Smith 1910: 212) and northern Virginia (Hoffman and Roble 2000: 39) to northeastern Kansas (Popenoe 1877: 23, as Rhombodera pallipes ), south to eastern Texas (Sabine County, CNC) and the Florida Keys (Peck and Thomas 1998: 22). It is also known from Central America, Colombia, Brazil, and the West Indies (Reichardt 1968: 153; Bell 1985a: 326). The record from “Arizona” (Leng 1915: 589) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, SC, TX, VA [AZ] - Antigua, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guana Island, Guatemala, Monserrat, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago

Note.

The subspecies Pentagonica flavipes picipes Darlington is restricted to Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (Reichardt 1968: 154; Bell 1985a: 326).