Platynus megalops (Bates, 1882)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 780

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Platynus megalops (Bates, 1882)
status

 

Platynus megalops (Bates, 1882)

Colpodes megalops Bates, 1882a: 116. Type locality: "Guanajuato, Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Whitehead (1973: 200), in BMNH.

Platynus longiceps Schaeffer, 1910: 394. Type locality: "Huachuca M[oun]t[ain]s, Arizona" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Whitehead (1973: 200), in USNM [# 42502]. Synonymy established by Whitehead (1973: 200).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from southern Arizona and western Texas (Jeff Davis County, CMNH) south to the state of Oaxaca (Whitehead 1973: 201).

Records.

USA: AZ, TX - Mexico

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Platynus

Loc

Platynus megalops (Bates, 1882)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Platynus longiceps

Schaeffer 1910
1910
Loc

Colpodes megalops

Bates 1882
1882