Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 495

Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823)

Feronia chalcites Say, 1823a: 56. Type locality: "Washington, D[istrict of] C[olumbia]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 342), in MCZ [# 33038]. Note. "the Missouri" was the area originally cited by Say (1823a: 56).

Feronia sayi Brullé, 1835c: 277. Unnecessary replacement name for Feronia chalcites Say, 1823.

Poecilus micans Chaudoir, 1843b: 767. Type locality: "Nouvelle Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established, under the name Poecilus sayi ( Brullé), by LeConte (1853a: 254).

Distribution.

This species ranges from southwestern New Brunswick (Majka et al. 2007: 9) to the Black Hills in western South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 21), south to northern Chihuahua (Bates 1891a: 249), southern Texas (Johnson 1978: 67), and the Florida Panhandle (Okaloosa County, CNC); also recorded from Cuba (Darlington 1934: 91). The records from Arizona (Snow 1906b: 162, as Poecilus sayi ) and "North Dakota" (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 165) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: NB, ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV [AZ, ND] - Cuba, Mexico