Polpochila erro (LeConte, 1854)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 684

Polpochila erro (LeConte, 1854)

Melanotus erro LeConte, 1854d: 221. Type locality not stated; Tucson [Pima County], Arizona, herein selected (see Nègre 1963: 215). Holotype [by monotypy] in MCZ [# 5877].

Phymatocephalus riehlii Schaum, 1864: 126. Type locality: «Mexico» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in UMM in collection Riehl). Synonymy established by Nègre (1963: 215). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Friedrich Riehl [1795-1876], an auditor in Germany who collected beetles. Riehl gave his well-ordered collection, which contained many specimens from the Western Hemisphere including some received from Gundlach in Cuba, to the Zoological Institute of the University of Marburg in Germany.

Cratocara mentalis Casey, 1914: 302. Type locality: "supposed[ly] Arizona" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 48074]. Synonymy established by Nègre (1963: 215).

Distribution.

This species is known from southern Arizona ( Nègre 1963: 215) to western Texas (Culberson, Jeff Davis, and Presidio Counties, CMNH), south to Durango and Sinaloa ( Nègre 1963: 215).

Records.

USA: AZ, NM, TX - Mexico