Elaphropus capax (LeConte, 1863)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 438

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Elaphropus capax (LeConte, 1863)
status

Treatment

Tachys capax LeConte, 1863c: 20. Type locality: "Washington, District of Columbia" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1974a: 137), in MCZ [# 5579].

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from western Vermont (Addison and Chittenden Counties, CMNH) to eastern Iowa (Hayward 1900: 209), including southernmost Ontario (Bousquet 1987a: 122), south to southeastern Louisiana (East Baton Rouge and Saint Tammany Parishes, Igor M. Sokolov pers. comm. 2009), southern Mississippi (Peter W. Messer pers. comm. 2008), and southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 18).

Records.

CAN: ON USA: DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT

Note.

This form was regarded as a valid species by Hayward (1900: 209), Casey (1918: 187), Lindroth (1966: 422), and Bousquet (1987a: 122) but listed as a synonymy of Elaphropus vivax (LeConte) by Erwin (1974a: 137).