Panagaeus cruciger Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 607

Panagaeus cruciger Say, 1823

Panagaeus crucigerus Say, 1823a: 69. Type locality: "Surf City [Ocean County], N[ew] J[ersey]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 335), in MCZ [# 33075]. Note. "Senipuxten, eastern shore of Maryland" was the area originally cited by Say (1823a: 70).

Panagaeus lapidarius LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851: 223. Type locality: «New-Orléans [Louisiana]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by Schaum (1852: 143).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Long Island, New York (Notman 1928: 213; MCZ), to southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 20), west to eastern Texas along the Gulf Coast (Snow 1906a: 141; Galveston County, USNM); also recorded from northern Indiana (Blatchley 1910: 65; Schrock 1985: 352) and along the Ohio River in southwestern Ohio (Dury 1902: 111). The record from “Pennsylvania” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 202) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, DE, FL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, TX, VA [PA]