Omophron tessellatum Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 270-271

Omophron tessellatum Say, 1823

Omophron tessellatus Say, 1823b: 152. Type locality: «K[ansa]s» (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 356), in MCZ [# 32964]. Note. "Elk-horn Creek, Missouri [Territory]" was the area originally cited by Say (1823b: 150). Omophron tesselatum is an incorrect subsequent spelling, introduced by LeConte (1847: 447), not currently in prevailing usage.

Omophron lecontei Dejean, 1831: 582. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 31). Synonymy established by LeConte (1847: 447), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 31).

Omophron [tessellatum] ellipticum Casey, 1909: 276. Type locality: "Rhode Island" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 48080]. Synonymy established by Bänninger (1921: 118).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Cape Breton Island to southern Alberta, south to southwestern Arizona, northwestern Oklahoma (Cimarron County, CNC), southwestern Arkansas (Hempstead County, MCZ), and Virginia (Benschoter and Cook 1956: 424). One specimen labeled from Alameda County in western California, seen by Benschoter and Cook (1956: 424), is possibly mislabeled. The record from “Texas” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 90) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, NB, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AR, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI [CA, TX]