Dissochaetus, Reitter, 1884

Peck, Stewart B. & Newton, Alfred F., 2017, An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico), The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 211-258 : 218

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scientific name	Dissochaetus
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Genus DISSOCHAETUS Reitter, 1884 View in CoL

Dissochaetus Reitter, 1884b: 39 View in CoL . Type species: Dissochaetus hetschkoi Reitter, 1884 View in CoL (designated by Jeannel 1922a: 41). Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical (64 species). Note: Salgado (2010) provides a system of

species-groups in this large genus.

D. arizonensis Hatch, 1933: 197 View in CoL ; Jeannel 1936: 172 ( Echinocoleus ); Peck 1999: 182. Holotype male in CASC. Type locality: Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mts., 8000’, Cochise County, Arizona. North American distribution: USA: AZ, CO, NM, TX, WY.

D. oblitus ( LeConte, 1853: 282) (Catops) View in CoL ; Murray 1856: 459 ( Catops View in CoL ); Horn 1880: 263 ( Ptomaphagus View in CoL ); Blatchley 1910: 261 ( Ptomaphagus View in CoL ); Jeannel 1922a: 41, 1936: 154; Hatch 1933: 198; Peck 1999: 181; Salgado 1999: 37. Lectotype male in MCZC (designated by Peck 1999: 181). Type locality: “Georgia”. North American distribution: Canada: ON. USA: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, ON, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV.

D. texanus Peck and Cook, 2016: 96 View in CoL ; Peck 1999: 184 (misidentified and reported as D. mexicanus Jeannel, 1936 View in CoL ). Holotype in CMNC. Type locality: Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. North American distribution: USA: TX (Big Bend National Park, Brewster County). Extra-limital distribution: probably Mexico. To

be expected in the adjacent Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.