Loxandrus rectus (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 494

Loxandrus rectus (Say, 1823)

Feronia recta Say, 1823a: 58. Type locality: "S[outh] C[arolina]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 343), in MCZ [# 33034].

Feronia lucidula Dejean, 1828: 239. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Allen (1972: 68), in MHNP. Synonymy established by LeConte (1853a: 251), confirmed by Allen (1972: 68).

Megalostylus laticollis Chaudoir, 1843b: 766. Type locality: "Nouvelle Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Allen (1972: 68), in MHNP. Synonymy established by LeConte (1853a: 251), confirmed by Allen (1972: 68).

Loxandrus iris Motschulsky, 1866: 242. Type locality: "Nouv[elle] Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 15), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 15).

Loxandrus rectus mandibularis Casey, 1918: 382. Type locality: "District of Columbia" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Allen (1977: 286), in USNM [# 47334]. Synonymy established by Allen (1972: 68).

Loxandrus limatus Casey, 1918: 382. Type locality: "District of Columbia" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Allen (1977: 286), in USNM [# 47335]. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2006a: 149).

Distribution.

This species ranges from the District of Columbia to southern Illinois, north to northern Ohio (Lee 1994: 61), south to southeastern Texas and northern Florida including the Panhandle (Peck and Thomas 1998: 19) [see Allen 1972: Fig. 157]. The record from southeastern Pennsylvania (Rathvon 1869: 525) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA [PA]