Dicaelus sculptilis sculptilis Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 630

Dicaelus sculptilis sculptilis Say, 1823

Dicaelus sculptilis Say, 1823a: 68. Type locality: "Platte Co[unty], M[iss]o[uri]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 345), in MCZ [# 33025]. Note. "Missouri [Territory]" was the area originally cited by Say (1823a: 69).

Dicaelus ocellatus Blatchley, 1912: 77. Type locality: "H[ot] Springs [Garland County], Ark[ansas]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Blatchley (1930: 37), in INHS. Synonymy established by Ball (1959: 141).

Distribution.

This subspecies is found in the southern part of the Great Plains from northeastern Kansas to central Iowa, south to central Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma (Ball 1959: 142) including southwestern Illinois (Union County, CNC). The record from western Pennsylvania by LeConte (1859d: 53) is probably in error.

Records.

USA: AR, IA, IL, KS, MO, OK

Note.

Ball (1959: 142) reported the presence of intergrade populations between all three subspecies of Dicaelus sculptilis in Iowa.