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 Coptodera festiva Dejean, 1825 Coptodera festiva Dejean, 1825: 274. Type locality: "ile de Cuba" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 82)] (♂) in MHNP. Coptodera chloris Bates, 1883a: 182. Type locality: "Mirador [Veracruz], Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 82), in BMNH. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 82). Distribution. This species occurs in southern Florida, the West Indies, and from Mexico (as far north as San Luis Potosi ) to Brazil [see Shpeley and Ball 1994: map 12]. Records. USA : FL - Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela