Pachyschelus secedens Waterhouse, 1889

Hespenheide, Henry A., 2003, A Reconsideration of Pachyschelus schwarzi Kerremans and a Review of American Pachyschelus North of MÉxico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (4), pp. 459-468 : 463

Pachyschelus secedens Waterhouse, 1889

P. secedens Waterhouse 1889:149 .

P. oculatus Schaeffer 1909:377 (synonymy: Hespenheide 1979).

P. schwarzi var. oculatus Schaeffer, Nicolay and Weiss 1920:141 .

P. schwartzi var. oculatus Schaeffer, Obenberger 1925:103 .

Brachys chapuisi Dugès 1891:36 . (synonymy: Hespenheide 1974).

P. dugesi Thery 1923:113 (synonymy: Hespenheide 1979).

This species is primarily Mexican in distribution (Hespenheide 1974, 1979) and is relatively common in southern Arizona, although it has been recorded in the US as far north as Colorado (Nelson et al. 1981). Adults have been collected on Desmodium batocaulon Gray ( Fabaceae ; Knull 1948).