Chlaenius platyderus Chaudoir, 1856

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 613

Chlaenius platyderus Chaudoir, 1856

Chlaenius diffinis Chaudoir, 1856: 279 [primary homonym of Chlaenius diffinis LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851]. Type locality: "midi des Etats-Unis" (original citation), herein restricted to Willard, Greene County, Missouri (see Bell 1960: 122). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Chlaenius platyderus Chaudoir, 1856: 280. Type locality: «Louisiane» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in MHNP. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1876b: 218), confirmed by Bell (1960: 122).

Chlaenius kuntzeni Csiki, 1931: 958. Replacement name for Chlaenius diffinis Chaudoir, 1856.

Distribution.

This species ranges from “Massachusetts” to central North Dakota (Bell 1960: 122), north to southeastern Manitoba (Ryan and Holliday 2006: 414), south to northeastern New Mexico, central Texas, northwestern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 44) along the Appalachians, and Long Island, New York, along the east coast (Bell 1960: 122).

Records.

CAN: MB USA: AR, CO, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV