Anisodactylus lodingi Schaeffer, 1911

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 644-645

Anisodactylus lodingi Schaeffer, 1911

Anisodactylus lodingi Schaeffer, 1911: 114. Type locality: "Mobile [Mobile County], Alabama" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin and House (1978: 234), in USNM [# 42494]. Etymology. The species name was proposed for Henry Peter Löding [1869-1942], a florist and horticulturist in Mobile, Alabama. Löding is best known in the scientific community as a collector of Coleoptera . He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Alabama in 1932. His collection is at the same University.

Distribution.

This species ranges from Long Island, New York, south to northern Florida and southeastern Mississippi [see Noonan 1996: Fig. 246]. One specimen labeled from “Massachusetts” is known.

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA, MS, NY, NC [MA]