Poecilus cyanicolor Chaudoir, 1876

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 498

Poecilus cyanicolor Chaudoir, 1876

Poecilus cyaneus LeConte, 1846b: 231 [primary homonym of Poecilus cyaneus Gory, 1833]. Type locality: "ad Rocky Mountains" (original citation), cited from "near Long’s Peak [Boulder County, Colorado], Missouri Territory" by LeConte (1853a: 254). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 62), in MCZ [# 5637].

Poecilus cyanicolor Chaudoir, 1876c: 43. Replacement name for Poecilus cyaneus LeConte, 1846.

Poecilus cyanicolor var. connexus Chaudoir, 1876c: 44. Type locality: "Montagnes-Rocheuses; Colorado" (original citation). Syntype(s) [3 originally cited] probably in MHNP. Synonymy established by Csiki (1930: 595).

Distribution.

This species is known yet only from north-central (LeConte 1853a: 254) and southeastern Colorado (Michels et al. 2008), “Kansas” (Horn 1872c: 385), and a few localities in central Mexico (Bates 1882a: 84).

Records.

USA: CO, KS - Mexico