Lachnophorus elegantulus Mannerheim, 1843

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 783

Lachnophorus elegantulus Mannerheim, 1843

Lachnophorus elegantulus Mannerheim, 1843 [after 28 March]: 215. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMH).

Bembidium mediosignatum Ménétriés, 1843 [29 July]: 62. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMH). Synonymy established by Motschulsky (1845a: 29). Note. This name may be older than Lachnophorus elegantulus but is not in "prevailing usage" (see Principle of priority under “Nomenclature” section).

Lachnophorus sculptifrons Bates, 1878a: 604. Type locality: "Chinautla (4100 feet) [and] Chontales, Guatemala" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in BMNH. Synonymy established by Horn (1886b: xii). Note. Liebke (1936: 463) retained this form as a valid species.

Lachnophorus elegantulus ocularis Casey, 1920: 225. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in USNM [# 47615]. Synonymy established by Erwin et al. (1977: 4.32).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Kansas (LeConte 1858a: 28; Horn 1872c: 385) to southwestern Oregon (Hatch 1953: 146; Jackson County, MCZ, UASM), south to southern California (Moore 1937: 11; San Diego County, CNC, MCZ) and Costa Rica (Liebke 1936: 463).

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, KS, NM, OK, OR, TX, UT - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua