Coptodera nitidula (Buquet, 1835)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 794-795

Coptodera nitidula (Buquet, 1835)

Lebia nitidula Buquet, 1835: 677. Type locality: "Guyane centrale" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112), in MHNP. Note. The specimen selected as lectotype is labeled “Brézil” (Shpeley and Ball 1994: 112) and therefore may not be a syntype.

Lebia triangularis Buquet, 1835: 678. Type locality: "non loin des sources du Jari [Brazil]" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112).

Coptodera luculenta Erichson, 1847: 69. Type locality: Peru (inferred from title of the paper). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112), in MHNP. Synonymy established, under the name Coptodera triangularis (Buquet), by Chaudoir (1870b: 185), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112).

Coptodera debilis Bates, 1869: 76. Type locality: "St. Paulo [= possibly Sāo Paulo de Oliviença, Brazil], Upper Amazons" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Bates (1871: xvi), confirmed by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112).

Coptodera nubiculosa Chaudoir, 1870b: 186. Type locality: "Paramaribo [Surinam]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112).

Coptodera flavodisca Chaudoir, 1870b: 187. Type locality: "Ega (Haut-Amazone) [Brazil]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112).

Coptodera flavodisca var. immaculipennis Bates, 1883a: 182. Type locality: "San Gerónimo, Guatemala" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype, designated by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112), in BMNH. Synonymy established by Shpeley and Ball (1994: 112).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south to southeastern Brazil and northern Argentina [see Shpeley and Ball 1994: map 17].

Records.

USA: AZ, NM - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela