Bradycellus tantillus (Dejean, 1829)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 672

Bradycellus tantillus (Dejean, 1829)

Acupalpus tantillus Dejean, 1829: 465. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Mobile [Mobile County], Alab[ama]" by Lindroth (1968: 892). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 31).

Acupalpus difficilis Dejean, 1829: 467. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 31). Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1868b: 167), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 31).

Distribution.

This species ranges from southwestern Maine (Majka et al. 2011: 46) to eastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 33), including southern Ontario (Lindroth 1968: 893; Bousquet 1987a: 131), south to southeastern Texas (Fort Bend, Brian Raber pers. comm. 2010), northern Louisiana (Allen 1965: 72), southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 21), and the Bahamas (Darlington 1953: 10). The record from “Quebec” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 226) was based on a misidentified specimen of Bradycellus nigriceps (CNC); those from northern Colorado (Haubold 1951: 706; Armin 1963: 118) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: ON USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV [CO] - Bahamas