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 Brachinus tenuicollis LeConte, 1844 Brachinus tenuicollis LeConte, 1844: 49. Type locality: North America (inferred from title of the paper), restricted to "New York" by Erwin (1970a: 123), herein to Oswego, Oswego County (see Erwin 1970a: 125). Syntype location unknown. Note. LeConte (1846b: 199) subsequently stated that he had but a single specimen of this species. The specimen selected as lectotype by Erwin (1970a: 123) is probably not the syntype (see "Note" under Brachinus similis ). Brachinus ballistarius LeConte, 1846b: 199. Type locality: "NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Erwin (1970a: 123)] (♂) in MCZ [# 5846]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1103) based on Erwin's (1969c) thesis. Brachinus similis LeConte, 1846b: 199. Type locality: "NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 123), in MCZ [# 5849]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1103) based on Erwin's (1969c) thesis. Note. Erwin (1970a: 123) selected the same specimen as lectotype for both Brachinus tenuicollis LeConte and Brachinus similis LeConte. Based on the labels attached to the specimen, the lectotype is likely a syntype of Brachinus similis and consequently not of Brachinus tenuicollis . Distribution. This species ranges from southern Quebec to southeastern Wyoming (Lavigne 1977: 44), south to southwestern Texas and northern Florida [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 329]. Records. CAN : ON, QC USA : AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VT, WI, WY