Phloeoxena signata (Dejean, 1825)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 793

Phloeoxena signata (Dejean, 1825)

Coptodera signata Dejean, 1825: 275. Type locality: «Géorgie» (original citation), herein restricted to Billy’s Island, Okefinokee Swamp, Charlton County (see Ball 1975: 222). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Ball (1975: 213), in MHNP.

Coptodera collaris LeConte, 1846b: 197. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Ball (1975: 215), in MCZ [#5810]. Synonymy established by Horn (1882: 160), confirmed by Ball (1975: 215).

Phloeoxena maculicollis Chaudoir, 1870a: 151. Type locality: «Nouvelle-Grenade» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Ball (1975: 215).

Phloeoxena hoegei Bates, 1883a: 178. Type locality: "Mirador [Veracruz], Mexico" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♀), designated by Ball (1975: 215), in BMNH. Synonymy established by Ball (1975: 215).

Phloeoxena signata var. nigripennis Leng, 1915: 587. Type locality: "Enterprise [Volusia County, Florida]" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Synonymy established (as aberration) by Csiki (1932b: 1359), accepted by Ball (1975: 215).

Distribution.

This species extends from Maryland (Steiner et al. 2007: 224) to central Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 24) and southeastern Louisiana, and from the states of Tamaulipas and Jalisco in Mexico to Panama [see Ball 1975: Fig. 112].

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama