Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Dyschirius abbreviatus Putzeys, 1846 Dyschirius abbreviatus Putzeys, 1846 [January]: 12. Type locality: "Texas" (Putzeys 1861: 71), restricted to "Galveston [Galveston County]" by Putzeys (1867b: 51). Holotype [by monotypy] in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Note. Putzeys (1846: 13) originally gave "Yucatan" as type locality but changed it to "Texas" later (Putzeys 1861: 71). This species is a senior primary homonym of Dyschirius abbreviatus Chaudoir, 1846 [June]. Distribution. This species inhabits the Coastal Plain ranging from the coast of southern North Carolina (Brunswick County, Ken Karns pers. comm. 2009) to southern Florida (Nichols 1988b: Fig. 5-5; Peck and Thomas 1998: 17), west to southeastern Texas (Putzeys 1867b: 51). Records. USA : AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TX Note. According to Whitehead (1970: 185), members of Dyschirius darlingtoni Kult, 1950 from Mexico are probably conspecific with those of Dyschirius abbreviatus .