Loxandrus saphyrinus (Chaudoir, 1843)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 494

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scientific name	Loxandrus saphyrinus (Chaudoir, 1843)
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Loxandrus saphyrinus (Chaudoir, 1843) View in CoL

Megalostylus saphyrinus Chaudoir, 1843b: 766. Type locality: "Nouvelle Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Allen (1972: 126), in MHNP.

Loxandrus reflexus LeConte, 1878b: 376. Type locality: "Tampa [Hillsborough County, Florida]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated Bousquet (2006a: 151), in MCZ [# 5692]. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2006a: 151).

Loxandrus lateralis Casey, 1918: 381. Type locality: "Sarasota [Sarasota County], Florida" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Allen (1977: 286), in USNM [# 47347]. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2006a: 148).

Loxandrus sapphirinus Csiki, 1930: 573. Unjustified emendation of Loxandrus saphyrinus (Chaudoir, 1843).

Distribution.

This species is found from North Carolina to northwestern Arkansas, including south-central Kentucky (Metcalfe County, Peter W. Messer pers. comm. 2012), south to eastern Texas and southern Florida [see Allen 1972: Fig. 164].

Records.

USA: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Loxandrus