Bembidion affine Say, 1823

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 387

Bembidion affine Say, 1823

Bembidium affinis Say, 1823a: 86. Type locality: "Mobile [Mobile County], Ala[bama]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 338), in MCZ [# 33063].

Bembidium decipiens Dejean, 1831: 159. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 14). Synonymy established by LeConte (1847: 462), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 14).

Bembidium fallax Dejean, 1831: 189. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 14). Synonymy established by LeConte (1850: 211), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 14).

Bembidion thespis Casey, 1918: 128. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County], Michigan" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 121), in USNM [# 37001]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1963b: 376).

Distribution.

This species ranges from southwestern Quebec (CNC) to "North Dakota" (Donald P. Schwert pers. comm. 1989), south to east-central Texas (Casey 1918: 128; Riley 2011) and the Florida Panhandle (Peck and Thomas 1998: 18); also recorded from Cuba (Jacquelin du Val 1857: 23). The records from Arizona (Wickham 1896a: 157; Hayward 1897: 122) and “Colorado” (Wickham 1902: 235) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: ON, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV [AZ, CO] - Cuba