Chlaenius impunctifrons Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 618

Chlaenius impunctifrons Say, 1823

Chlaenius impunctifrons Say, 1823a: 64. Type locality: "Dorchester [Suffolk County], Ma[ssachusetts]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 350), in MCZ [# 32995].

Distribution.

This species ranges from New Brunswick (Webster and Bousquet 2008: 21) to North Dakota (Tinerella 2003: 635), north to southern Manitoba (Lindroth 1969a: 984), south to eastern Texas (Houston County, CNC; Riley 2011) and southern Florida (Bell 1960: 137). The records from “Wyoming” and “Colorado” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 207) are likely in error.

Records.

CAN: MB, NB, ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV

Note.

The name Chlaenius indutus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 is often listed as a junior synonym of this species (e.g., Bell 1960: 136; Lindroth 1969a: 983). However LaFerté-Sénectère never provided a description of the taxon and the name is a nomen nudum.