Dicaelus elongatus Bonelli, 1813

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 628-629

Dicaelus elongatus Bonelli, 1813

Dicaelus elongatus Bonelli, 1813: 448. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation, see page 449), restricted to "Blacks M[oun]t[ain]s, N[orth] C[arolina]" by Lindroth (1969a: 950). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in MHNG in collection Jurine, see Casale and Giachino 1998: 68).

Dicaelus simplex Dejean, 1826: 389. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 18). Synonymy established by Horn (1880b: xvii).

Dicaelus obscurus LeConte, 1847: 429. Type locality: "provinciis australibus" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5716]. Synonymy established, under the name Dicaelus simplex Dejean, by LeConte (1853c: 389), confirmed by Ball (1959: 106).

Dicaelus debiliceps Casey, 1913: 151. Type locality: "Buena Vista Spring, Franklin Co[unty], Pennsylvania" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47359]. Synonymy established by Ball (1959: 106).

Dicaelus ashevillensis Casey, 1920: 205. Type locality: "Asheville [Buncombe County], North Carolina" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47360]. Synonymy established by Ball (1959: 106).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Maine (Foss 2001: 14) to eastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 35), including southern Ontario (Lindroth 1969a: 950), south to east-central Texas (Riley 2011) and southern Florida, including the Keys (Peck and Thomas 1998: 21). The record from Montreal, Quebec (Perrault 1977: 153) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: ON USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI [QC]