Apristus latens (LeConte, 1846)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 808

Apristus latens (LeConte, 1846)

Dromius latens LeConte, 1846b: 191. Type locality: "ad Mississippi scaturigines [according to Lindroth (1969a: 1046) apparently in present day Minnesota]" (original citation). One syntype in MCZ [# 5814].

Apristus fuscipennis Motschulsky, 1864: 233. Type locality: "nouveau Mexique [= New Mexico]" (original citation). Lectotype, designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 12), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Horn (1882: 160), confirmed by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 12).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from Cape Breton Island (Lindroth 1969a: 1046) to southern Saskatchewan (Ronald R. Hooper pers. comm. 2007), south to southern Arizona (Pima County, CMNH), central Texas (Casey 1920: 274, as Apristus fuscipennis ; Terrell County, CMNH), and southern Georgia (Torres and Ruberson 2006: 31). The record from “Montana” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 273) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: MB, NB, NS (CBI), ON, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, AZ, CO, GA, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, MS, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV [MT]

Note.

This species has passed under the name Apristus subsulcatus (Dejean, 1826) in the literature until Lindroth (1969a: 1045-1046).