Anisodactylus carbonarius (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 643-644

Anisodactylus carbonarius (Say, 1823)

Harpalus carbonarius Say, 1823a: 32. Type locality: "Camden [Kershaw County], S[outh] C[arolina]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 353), in MCZ [# 32987].

Anisodactylus luctuosus Dejean, 1829: 151. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1996: 69), in MHNP. Synonymy established by LeConte (1847: 382), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 29).

Anisodactylus rufipennis LeConte, 1847: 381. Type locality: "Brooklyn, insulae Longae NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5953]. Synonymy established by Horn (1880d: 177), confirmed by Noonan (1996: 69).

Triplectrus brevior Casey, 1924: 126. Type locality: «Pennsylvania» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 141), in USNM [# 47928]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 848).

Distribution.

This species is found from southern Quebec to northeastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 31), south to northern Colorado (Miller and Peairs 2008: 34), northeastern Texas, and central Florida [see Noonan 1996: Fig. 247]; the species has been collected at three sites in Washington which suggest that it has been introduced into the Pacific northwest.

Records.

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

Taxonomic Note.

This species was included in the subgenus Gynandrotarsus by Lindroth (1968: 848) but in the nominotypical subgenus by Noonan (1973: 351).