Lebia vittata (Fabricius, 1777)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 825-826

Lebia vittata (Fabricius, 1777)

Carabus vittatus Fabricius, 1777: 240. Type locality: "America boreali" (original citation), restricted to "Elkhart [Elkhart County], Ind[iana]" by Lindroth (1969a: 1031). Syntype(s) apparently lost (Lindroth 1969a: 1031).

Lebia flavovittata Chevrolat, 1836a: [no. 161]. Type locality: "environs de Mexico" (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 originally cited] location unknown (possibly in UMO). Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1871b: 40).

Lebia furcata LeConte, 1846b: 193. Type locality: "ad flumen Platte, et ad Lacum Superiorem" (original citation), restricted to "Eagle Harbor [Keweenaw County], Mich[igan]" by Lindroth (1969a: 1031). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5808]. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 189).

Aphelogenia vittata var. connecta Chaudoir, 1871b: 40. Type locality: Etats de l’Union américaine (inferred from text on page 41). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 190).

Aphelogenia spraguei G.H. Horn, 1872a: 139. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 34506]. Synonymy established by Horn (1885a: 133).

Lebia depicta G.H. Horn, 1885a: 133. Type locality: «Montana» (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 34505]. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 190).

Lebia sonomae Casey, 1913: 191. Type locality: "Mendocino Co[unty], California" (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 47662]. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 190).

Lebia debiliceps Casey, 1913: 192. Type locality: «Indiana» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 144), in USNM [# 47660]. Synonymy established, under the name Lebia furcata LeConte, by Hatch (1953: 153), confirmed by Lindroth (1969a: 1032).

Lebia amnicola Casey, 1913: 192. Type locality: "Brownsville [Cameron County], Texas" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47661]. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 190).

Lebia tempeana Casey, 1924: 92. Type locality: "Tempe [Maricopa County], Arizona" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47663]. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 190).

Distribution.

This species is found from Nova Scotia to southeastern British Columbia (Lindroth 1969a: 1033), south to southern California, southwestern New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 160), southeastern Texas, and southern Florida [see Madge 1967: Fig. 118]; also recorded from “Mexico” (Bates 1883a: 240) and the state of Tabasco (Bates 1891a: 274, as Lebia furcata ).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY - Mexico