Chlaenius purpureus Chaudoir, 1876

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 617

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:68FE3835-2401-43A7-96E2-CF26532F7A60
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scientific name	Chlaenius purpureus Chaudoir, 1876
status

Treatment

Chlaenius purpureus Chaudoir, 1876b: 246. Type locality: "Orizaba [Veracruz], Mexique" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP.

Distribution.

This species ranges from central Missouri (Morgan County, CMNH) to Arizona (Bell 1960: 110), south to Nicaragua (Bates 1882a: 45); also found along the Baja California Peninsula (Davidson 1980: 69).

Records.

USA: AZ, KS, MO, NM, TX - Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua