Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Scarites lissopterus Chaudoir, 1881 Scarites quadriceps var. lissopterus Chaudoir, 1881: 93. Type locality: "Dallas [Dallas County], Texas" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Distribution. This species inhabits the Great Plains from south-central Kansas (Sedgwick County, MCZ) to the Rio Grande in Texas (Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, MCZ, USNM), west to western Texas (El Paso County, USNM), including southeastern and central New Mexico (Chaves County, CMNH; Ellis et al. 2001: 16), east to northeastern Louisiana (Franklin and Tensas Parishes, Igor M. Sokolov pers. comm. 2009). The records from "Wisconsin" and "Iowa" (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 96) are likely in error. Records. USA : KS, LA, NM, OK, TX Note. Baenninger (1938: 152) regarded this taxon as a subspecies of Scarites subterraneus Fabricius.