Selenophorus parumpunctatus Dejean, 1829

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 715

Selenophorus parumpunctatus Dejean, 1829

Carabus sinuatus Gyllenhal [in Schönherr], 1806: 203 [primary homonym of Carabus sinuatus Gmelin, 1790]. Type locality: "Americae insulis" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in UZIU).

Selenophorus parumpunctatus Dejean, 1829: 104. Type locality: "je crois qu’il vient d’Amérique et probablement des Antilles, mais je n’en suis pas certain [I believe it came from America and probably from the West Indies but I am not certain]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP (George E. Ball pers. comm. 2008). New synonymy (George E. Ball pers. comm. 2008).

Selenophorus excisus LeConte, 1878b: 377 [primary homonym of Selenophorus excisus Putzeys, 1878]. Type locality: "southern Florida" (original citation). Syntype(s) [3 originally cited] in MCZ [# 5918]. New synonymy (George E. Ball pers. comm. 2008).

Selenophorus mustus Casey, 1914: 152. Type locality: "Biscayne Bay [Dade County], Florida" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 141), in USNM [# 47889]. Synonymy established, under the name Selenophorus excisus LeConte, by Casey (1918: 413).

Distribution.

This species is known from southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 22, as Selenophorus sinuatus ) and several islands of the West Indies (Peck 2011: 13). The record from South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 103, as Selenophorus mustus ) is probably in error.

Records.

USA: FL - Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guana Island, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Navassa, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.