Scarites quadriceps Chaudoir, 1843

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 276

Scarites quadriceps Chaudoir, 1843

Scarites quadriceps Chaudoir, 1843b: 729. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Scarites substriatus Haldeman, 1844: 54. Type locality not stated. Syntype(s) possibly in MCZ. Synonymy established by LeConte (1846b: 210). Note. Two specimens in collection LeConte (MCZ), labeled "[orange disc] / Scarites substriatus Hald. quadriceps Chaud. distinctus Hald. [handwritten]" and "[orange disc] / substriatus 2 [handwritten]," could be syntypes of Scarites substriatus and / or Scarites distinctus .

Scarites distinctus Haldeman, 1844: 54. Type locality: «Georgia?» (original citation). Syntype(s) possibly in MCZ. Synonymy established by LeConte (1846b: 210).

Scarites intermedius LeConte, 1845a: 201. Type locality: "provinciis occidentalibus" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 675]. Synonymy established, under the name Scarites distinctus Haldeman, by LeConte (1863b: 3).

Scarites ephialtus LeConte, 1845a: 201. Type locality: "provinciis Australibus" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 676]. Synonymy established, under the name Scarites intermedius LeConte, by Melsheimer (1853: 7).

Scarites affinis LeConte, 1845a: 201. Type locality: United States of America (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 674]. Synonymy established, under the name Scarites vicinus Chaudoir, by LeConte (1846b: 211).

Distribution.

This species ranges along the Coastal Plain from New Jersey (Smith 1890: 74, as Scarites subterraneus var. substriatus; CNC) to southern Florida (Nichols 1988b: Fig. 5-7; Peck and Thomas 1998: 17), west to southeastern Texas (Jefferson County, USNM). Several records (i.e., AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, OH, OK, ON, PA, SD, TN, WI) listed in Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 97) refer to other species, particularly Scarites vicinus Chaudoir.

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TX