Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863)
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Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863) |
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Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863) View in CoL
Cychrus violaceus LeConte, 1863c: 4. Type locality: "Mountains of Georgia" (original citation), herein restricted to Tray Mountain (4400 feet), Towns County (see Valentine 1935: 358). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 614].
Steniridia violacea carolinae Valentine, 1935: 358. Type locality: "Blue Ridge M[oun]-t[ain]s, N[orth] C[arolina]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in USNM [# 56133]. New synonymy (Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 2008; see Barr 1970: 3).
Distribution.
This species has been reported from the Appalachians in western North Carolina, northern Georgia (Valentine 1935: 358), and northwestern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 32).
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USA: GA, NC, SC
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Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863)
| Bousquet, Yves 2012 |
Steniridia violacea carolinae
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Cychrus violaceus
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