Coptodera picea Dejean, 1826

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 795

Coptodera picea Dejean, 1826

Coptodera picea Dejean, 1826: 458. Type locality: «Brésil» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108), in MHNP.

Coptodera velox Gory, 1833: 195. Type locality: "Cayenne [French Guiana]" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1850a: 357), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108).

Coptodera unicolor Chevrolat, 1834: [no. 40]. Type locality: "Orixaba [Mexico]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108), in UMO. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108).

Coptodera obscura Laporte, 1834: 51. Type locality: "Orizaba [Veracruz], Mexique" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in MHNP). Synonymy established, under the name Coptodera unicolor Chevrolat, by Chaudoir (1850a: 358).

Lebia rufula Buquet, 1835: 680. Type locality: "environs de Cayenne [French Guiana]" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1870b: 178), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 108).

Distribution.

This species is known from the tip of Florida, the West Indies, including the Bahamas (Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 12), Cuba, and the Dominican Republic (Shpeley and Ball 2001: 148), and from the state of San Luis Potosí in Mexico to southeastern Brazil [see Shpeley and Ball 1994: map 16].

Records.

USA: FL - Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela