Laemostenus complanatus (Dejean, 1828)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 729

Laemostenus complanatus (Dejean, 1828)

Pristonychus complanatus Dejean, 1828: 58. Type locality: "Portugal, Espagne, midi de la France, Italie, Sicile, Égypte, côte de Barbarie" (original citation), restricted to "Francia meridionale" by Casale (1988: 458). Lectotype (♂), designated by Casale (1988: 458), in MHNP.

Distribution.

This species is now subcosmopolitan (Casale 1988: 460). It is adventive in North America and known from southern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1966: 550), to southwestern California, east across the Central Valley to the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada (David H. Kavanaugh pers. comm. 2008). The first inventoried specimen collected on this continent was found prior to 1874 since the species is reported by Crotch (1874: 12).

Records.

CAN: BC (VCI) USA: CA, OR, WA - Adventive