Plochionus pallens (Fabricius, 1775)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 827

Plochionus pallens (Fabricius, 1775)

Carabus pallens Fabricius, 1775: 244. Type locality: "Dresdae [Germany]" (original citation). Syntype(s) apparently lost (Lindroth 1969a: 1066).

Lebia bonfilsii Audinet-Serville, 1821: 11. Type locality: "Bordeaux [France]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably lost. Synonymy established by Chevrolat (1863: 189). Note. LeConte’s collection holds a specimen labeled "P. Bonfilsii Dej. type! [handwritten] / pallens 2 [handwritten]."

Plochionus valens LeConte, 1863c: 5. Type locality: "Pennsylvania; Tampico, Mexico" (original citation), restricted to «Penns[ylvania]» by Lindroth (1969a: 1066). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5823]. Synonymy established, under the name Plochionus bonfilsi (Audinet-Serville), by LeConte (1880a: 86).

Distribution.

Lindroth (1969a: 1066) stated that this species is almost cosmopolitan and probably of South American origin. In North America, it is known from “Massachusetts” (Harris 1833: 566, as Plochionus bonfilsii ?), “Pennsylvania” (LeConte 1846b: 192; Lindroth 1969a: 1066), Maryland (Charles County, USNM), District of Columbia (USNM), northern Georgia (Rabun County, USNM), eastern Florida (Leng 1915: 588), Missouri (Summers 1873: 133, as Plochionus bonfilsii ), Kansas (Douglas County, USNM), and Indiana (Alien County, USNM). The record from “California” (Csiki 1932b: 1451) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: DC, FL, GA, IN, KS, MA, MD, MO, PA [CA] - Adventive