Anisodactylus merula (Germar, 1824)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 649-650

Anisodactylus merula (Germar, 1824)

Harpalus merula Germar, 1824: 24. Type locality: «Kentucky» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1968: 845), in MHNP.

Anisodactylus pinguis LeConte, 1847: 382. Type locality: "ad Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 368), in MCZ [# 5950]. Synonymy established by Melsheimer (1853: 23), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 845).

Anisodactylus crassus LeConte, 1847: 382. Type locality: "NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 368), in MCZ [# 5951]. Synonymy established by Melsheimer (1853: 23), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 845).

Anisodactylus gravidus LeConte, 1847: 383. Type locality: "NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 368), in MCZ [# 5949]. Synonymy established by Melsheimer (1853: 9), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 845).

Triplectrus aethiops Casey, 1914: 175. Type locality: "Austin and Waco, Texas" (original citation), restricted to "Austin [Travis County]" by Casey (1924: 128). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 369), in USNM [# 47932]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 369).

Triplectrus marginatus Casey, 1924: 126. Type locality: "Grayling, near Bay City [Bay County], Michigan" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Noonan (1973: 369), in USNM [# 47934]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 845).

Triplectrus wolcotti Casey, 1924: 127. Type locality: "near Chicago [Cook County], Illinois" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 141), in USNM [# 47930]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 845). Etymology. The specific name honors Albert Burk Wolcott [1869-1950] who worked for a long time as preparator of educational exhibits for the public schools of Chicago. An amateur coleopterist, Wolcott specialized in Cleridae . His clerid collection and library were deposited at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago in 1946.

Triplectrus sulcipennis Casey, 1924: 128. Type locality: "Waco [McLennan County], Texas" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1973: 369), in USNM [# 47931]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 369).

Triplectrus kempi Casey, 1924: 130. Type locality: "Lake George [Warren County], New York" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 141), in USNM [# 47940]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 845). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for James Furman Kemp [1859-1926], distinguished professor of geology at Columbia University.

Distribution.

This eastern species ranges from southern Quebec to west-central Minnesota, north to southwestern Manitoba (Lindroth 1968: 846), south to southeastern Texas and the Florida Keys [see Noonan 1973: Fig. 161]. One specimen labeled from Anaheim, California is known. The records from “Arizona” and "North Dakota" (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 217) need confirmation.

Records.

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