Anisodactylus caenus (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 654

Anisodactylus caenus (Say, 1823)

Harpalus caenus Say, 1823a: 34. Type locality: "Amer[ica] Bor[ealis]" (lectotype label), restricted to "Newark [Essex County], N[ew] J[ersey]" by Lindroth (1968: 860). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 354), in MHNP.

Anisodactylus subaeneus LeConte, 1847: 385. Type locality: "Brooklyn, NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5965]. Synonymy established by Horn (1880d: 178).

Anisodactylus obscurus LeConte, 1847: 386. Type locality: «Massachusetts» (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5964]. Synonymy established by Horn (1880d: 178).

Anisodactylus viridans Casey, 1924: 125. Type locality: "McPherson [McPherson County], Kansas" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47926]. Synonymy established with doubt by Lindroth (1968: 860).

Distribution.

This species ranges from “Massachusetts” (LeConte, 1847: 386, as Anisodactylus obscurus ) to central Kansas (Casey 1924: 125, as Anisodactylus viridans ), including central Iowa (Larsen and Purrington 2010: 570), south to northern Texas (Tarrant and Dallas Counties, CNC, UASM), northeastern Louisiana (Allen 1965: 70), southwestern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 25), and northwestern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 89).

Records.

USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA