Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 632

Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847

Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847: 422. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5713].

Dicaelus lecontei LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851: 277. Type locality: "Amer[ica] bor[ealis]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by LeConte (1853c: 388).

Dicaelus darlingtoni Fall, 1932: 19. Type locality: "Homestead [Dade County], Florida" (original citation). Holotype (♀) in MCZ [# 23875]. New synonymy.

Distribution.

This species has been recorded from “Georgia” (LeConte 1847: 422), the Florida Panhandle and Peninsula including the Keys (Peck and Thomas 1998: 21), and southwestern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 18; Ball 1959: 159).

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA

Note.

Following Lindroth (1969a: 954), I believe this taxon should be regarded as a valid species, not as a subspecies of Dicaelus purpuratus Bonelli.