Chlaenius aestivus Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 613

Chlaenius aestivus Say, 1823

Chlaenius aestivus Say, 1823a: 62. Type locality: "Rosslyn [Arlington County], V[irgini]a" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 351), in MCZ [# 32979].

Chlaenius cobaltinus Dejean, 1826: 331. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Two possible syntypes in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 25). Synonymy established by Brullé (1835c: 284).

Chlaenius congener LeConte, 1844: 51. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Four syntypes in MCZ [# 5859]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1853c: 390).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Massachusetts (Bell 1960: 120) to east-central Iowa (Wickham 1888: 82), including southernmost Ontario (Lindroth 1969a: 981), south to southeastern Louisiana (Allen 1965: 75) and central Florida (Bell 1960: 120). The record from eastern Kansas (Popenoe 1877: 23) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: ON USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI [KS]