Elaphropus nebulosus (Chaudoir, 1868)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 441-442

Elaphropus nebulosus (Chaudoir, 1868)

Tachys nebulosus Chaudoir, 1868b: 214. Type locality: «Louisiane» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1974a: 135), in MHNP.

Tachyura solita Casey, 1918: 178. Type locality: "Galveston [Galveston County], Texas" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1974a: 135), in USNM [# 46908]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1974a: 135).

Tachyura soror Casey, 1918: 179. Type locality: "Austin [Travis County], Texas" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1974a: 135), in USNM [# 46909]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1974a: 135).

Distribution.

This species is known from North Carolina (Brimley 1938: 118) to “Utah” (Hayward 1900: 207), south to southeastern Arizona (Cochise County, USNM), southeastern Texas (Casey 1918: 178, as Tachuyra solita ), southwestern Mississippi (Casey 1918: 179), and northern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 18); also recorded from the state of Veracruz in Mexico and Guatemala (Bates 1882a: 141). The records from eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho (Hatch 1953: 103), “Nevada” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 151), and Pennsylvania (Bates 1882a: 141) are probably in error.

Records.

USA: AZ, CO, GA, KS, LA, MS, NC, NM, SC, TX, UT - Guatemala, Mexico

Note.

This form was listed as a synonym of Elaphropus anceps (LeConte) by Lindroth (1966: 417) but regarded as a valid species by Hayward (1900: 207), Casey (1918: 179), and Erwin (1974a: 135).