Scaphinotus interruptus ( Menetries , 1843)

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Scaphinotus interruptus ( Menetries, 1843)

Cychrus interruptus Ménétriés, 1843: 54. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County (see Gidaspow 1968: 159). Two syntypes in ZILR (Roeschke 1907a: 175).

Cychrus constrictus LeConte, 1853c: 398. Type locality: "San Jose [Santa Clara County], California" (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 originally cited] in MCZ [# 609]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1873b: 322).

Cychrus dissolutus Schaum, 1863: 72. Type locality: "Sacramento [Sacramento County, California]" (original citation). One syntype in ZMHB (Roeschke 1907a: 175). Synonymy established, under the name Scaphinotus interruptus var. constrictus (LeConte), by Lapouge (1933: 695).

Brennus sinuatus Casey, 1897: 330. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Syntypes [3 originally cited] location unknown. Synonymy established by Roeschke (1907a: 175), confirmed by Gidaspow (1968: 160).

Brennus politus Casey, 1897: 330. Type locality: "Hoopa Valley, Humboldt Co[unty], California" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 46025]. Synonymy established by Gidaspow (1968: 158).

Brennus corpulentus Casey, 1897: 331. Type locality: "Oakland, Alameda Co[unty], California" (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 46029]. Synonymy established, under the name Scaphinotus interruptus var. constrictus (LeConte), by Roeschke (1907a: 175), confirmed by Gidaspow (1968: 160).

Brennus integer Casey, 1914: 29. Type locality: "S[an]ta Cruz [Santa Cruz County], California" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 46026]. Synonymy established by Gidaspow (1968: 158).

Brennus parvulicollis Casey, 1920: 176. Type locality: "S[an]ta Cruz [Santa Cruz County], California" (original citation for Brennus interruptus ( Ménétriés) sensu Casey, 1897). One syntype in USNM [# 46028]. Synonymy established, under the name Brennus interruptus var. constrictus (LeConte), by Lapouge (1933: 695), confirmed by Gidaspow (1968: 160). Note. This name was proposed for Cychrus interruptus Ménétriés, 1843 sensu Casey (1897: 333).

Brennus beringi Casey, 1920: 179. Type locality: "S[ain]t Paul Island, Alaska" (original citation) which is incorrect. One syntype in USNM [# 46024]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 24). Etymology. The specific name honors the Danish navigator and explorer Vitus Béring [1681-1741] who is credited for being the first European to discover Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, and Bering Glacier are named for him.

Brennus procerus Casey, 1920: 179. Type locality: "Piedmont, Alameda Co[unty], California" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 46031]. Synonymy established by Gidaspow (1968: 158).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends over much of California, including the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada, as far south as Riverside County [see Gidaspow 1968: Fig. 6]. Some specimens simply labeled from Oregon are known.

Records.

USA: CA [OR]