Pasimachus obsoletus LeConte, 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 273-274

Pasimachus obsoletus LeConte, 1846

Pasimachus obsoletus LeConte, 1846a: 148. Type locality: "ad flumen Platte, prope Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 5462].

Pasimachus acuminatus Casey, 1913: 88. Type locality: "probably Colorado" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in USNM [# 46889]. Synonymy established by Leng (1920: 47).

Pasimachus vestigialis Casey, 1913: 89. Type locality: "New Mexico; El Paso and Marfa, Texas" (original citation). Three syntypes in USNM [# 46891]. Synonymy established by Leng (1920: 47).

Pasimachus atronitens Casey, 1913: 89. Type locality: "San Bernardino Ranch and Douglas, Cochise Co[unty], Arizona" (original citation). Six syntypes [6 originally cited] in USNM [# 46892]. Synonymy established by Leng (1920: 47).

Distribution.

This species is found from “Iowa” ( Bänninger 1950: 492) to southeastern Wyoming (Laramie County, CMNH), south to southeastern Arizona (Casey 1913: 89, as Pasimachus atronitens ) and Chihuahua in northern Mexico ( Bänninger 1950: 492).

Records.

USA: AZ, CO, IA, KS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY - Mexico

Note.

Bänninger (1950: 510) retained Pasimachus atronitens and Pasimachus acuminatus as questionable subspecies of Pasimachus obsoletus . Erwin (2011b: 51) treated Pasimachus atronitens as a valid species.