Pterostichus ventralis (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 516

Pterostichus ventralis (Say, 1823)

Feronia ventralis Say, 1823a: 46. Type locality: "Douglas Co[unty], Kan[sas]" (neotype label), herein restricted to Lawrence (CNC). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 341), in MCZ [# 32961]. Note. "Missouri [Territory]" was the area originally cited by Say (1823a: 46).

Distribution.

This species is known from eastern Kansas (Lindroth and Freitag 1969: 341; Douglas County, CNC, UASM) to “Iowa” (Jaques and Redlinger 1946: 297) and southwestern Illinois (Saint Clair County, MCZ; Wickham 1895a: 185), south to northwestern Louisiana (Bossier Parish, LSAM; LeConte 1853a: 241) and south-central Texas (Comal County, CMNH). The record from “Florida” (Wickham 1895a: 185) needs confirmation (see Leng 1915: 576).

Records.

USA: AR, IA, IL, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX [FL]