Bembidion variegatum Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 428-429

Bembidion variegatum Say, 1823

Bembidium variegatum Say, 1823a: 89. Type locality: "Rivervale [Bergen County], N[ew] J[ersey]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 337), in MCZ [# 33065].

Bembidium postfasciatum Hamilton, 1893: 305. Type locality: near Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (inferred from title of the paper). Four syntypes [8 originally cited] in CMNH (collection Ulke). Synonymy established by Casey (1918: 111).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from New Brunswick (CNC) to eastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 19), south to western (Dajoz 2007: 23) and east-central (Tucker 1906: 85) Texas, southwestern Alabama (Baldwin County, CMNH), northeastern Georgia (Leng 1910: 73; Fattig 1949: 17), and eastern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 49). The record from Colorado (Wickham 1902: 234) needs confirmation; that from British Columbia (Jarrett and Scudder 2001: 382) was based on misidentified specimens of Bembidion patruele , Bembidion graphicum , and Bembidion nigripes (UBC).

Records.

CAN: NB, ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV [CO]

Note.

This species has been listed in the subgenus Notaphus by Lindroth (1963b: 360) but placed in the subgenus Eupetedromus by Bousquet and Webster (2006: 30).