Dicaelus purpuratus splendidus Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 632

Dicaelus purpuratus splendidus Say, 1823

Dicaelus splendidus Say, 1823a: 69. Type locality: "Platte Co[unty], M[iss]o[uri]" (neotype label). Neotype (♀), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 343), in MCZ [# 33024]. Note. "Missouri [Territory]" was the area originally cited by Say (1823a: 69).

Dicaelus decoloratus LeConte, 1847: 423. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 5710]. Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1853c: 388), confirmed by Ball (1959: 156).

Dicaelus speciosus Casey, 1913: 152. Type locality: "New Mexico" (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 47361]. Synonymy established by Fall (1932: 20), confirmed by Ball (1959: 156).

Distribution.

The range of this subspecies extends from “Minnesota” (Ball 1959: 158) to southwestern North Dakota (Tinerella 2003: 636), south to southeastern Arizona, southeastern Texas (Ball 1959: 158), and southeastern Louisiana (Allen 1965: 73), including west-central Illinois (Willand et al. 2011: 273).

Records.

USA: AR, AZ, CO, IA, IL, KS, LA, MN, MO, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX