Asaphidion curtum curtum (Heyden, 1870)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 346-347

Asaphidion curtum curtum (Heyden, 1870)

Tachypus curtus Heyden, 1870: 65. Type locality: "Valenzia, Albufera [Spain]" (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 originally cited] location unknown (possibly in DEI).

Distribution.

This European and North African subspecies is adventive in North America where it is known from Maine (Larochelle and Larivière 1990a: 28, 33, as Asaphidion flavipes ) and southeastern New Hampshire (Bell 1989b: 204, as Asaphidion flavipes ) to Long Island, New York (Davidson and Langworthy 1981: 280, as Asaphidion flavipes ). The first inventoried specimens collected on this continent were found in the late 1920s in Long Island (Cooper 1930: 21, as Asaphidion flavipes ), the next ones were found in 1976 also on Long Island (Davidson and Langworthy 1981: 280).

Records.

USA: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI - Adventive

Note.

Two other subspecies, one from Morocco ( Asaphidion curtum moroccanum Antoine) and the other from the Canary Islands ( Asaphidion curtum delatorrei Uyttenboogaart), are recognized.