Scaphinotus irregularis ( Beutenmueller , 1903)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 160

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scientific name	Scaphinotus irregularis ( Beutenmueller , 1903)
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Treatment

Scaphinotus irregularis ( Beutenmueller, 1903) View in CoL

Cychrus viduus var. irregularis Beutenmüller, 1903: 513. Type locality: "summit of Black Mountains, North Carolina" (original citation). Three syntypes [7 originally cited] in AMNH [# 3] (Grossbeck 1912: 360).

Distribution.

This species ranges along the Appalachian Mountains from southwestern Virginia (Hoffman et al. 2006: 18) to northern Georgia (Towns County, CMNH).

Records.

USA: GA, NC, TN, VA

Note.

This taxon has been treated as an aberration of Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean) by Roeschke (1907a: 144) but according to Barr (1969: 73) and Hoffman et al. (2006: 18) it represents a distinct species.