Platynus brunneomarginatus (Mannerheim, 1843)

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Platynus brunneomarginatus (Mannerheim, 1843)

Anchomenus brunneomarginatus Mannerheim, 1843 [after 28 March]: 196. Type locality: «California» (original citation), herein restricted to San Diego, San Diego County (see LeConte 1854b: 43, as Platynus bicolor ). Syntype(s) location unknown.

Anchomenus rugiceps Mannerheim, 1843 [after 28 March]: 196 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 637). Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1863b: 6).

Anchomenus marginatus Ménétriés, 1843 [29 July]: 56 [secondary homonym of Platynus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)]. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 637). Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 55).

Anchomenus ovipennis Motschulsky, 1845b: 339 [primary homonym of Anchomenus ovipennis Mannerheim, 1843]. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU). Synonymy established, under the name Platynus rugiceps (Mannerheim), by Motschulsky (1850a: 70).

Platynus bicolor LeConte, 1854b: 43 [secondary homonym of Platynus bicolor (Dejean, 1828)]. Type locality: "San Diego [San Diego County], California" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5746]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 55).

Platynus cinctellus LeConte, 1854b: 43. Type locality: "San Francisco [San Francisco County], California" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5745]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1863b: 6), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 637).

Platynus bicoloratus Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 368. Replacement name for Platynus bicolor LeConte, 1854.

Platynus tenebricosus Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 377. Replacement name for Platynus marginatus ( Ménétriés, 1843).

Distribution.

This species ranges from southern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1966: 639), south to the northern parts of the Baja California Peninsula (Horn 1894: 309), east to western New Mexico (Liebherr and Will 1996: 316) and northern Sonora (Bates 1884: 280).

Records.

CAN: BC (VCI) USA: AZ, CA (CHI), ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA - Mexico