Scarites subterraneus Fabricius, 1775

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 277-278

Scarites subterraneus Fabricius, 1775

Scarites subterraneus Fabricius, 1775: 249. Type locality: "P[oin]t Pelee, Ont[ario]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Nichols (1985a: 1214), in CNC [# 20654]. Note. “America” was the area originally listed by Fabricius (1775: 249).

Carabus interruptus Herbst, 1784: 133. Type locality: «Ostindien» (original citation), which is incorrect. Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMHB). Synonymy established by Fabricius (1801: 124).

Scarites subterreus Bonelli, 1813: 466. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1881: 94).

Scarites beckwithii Stephens, 1827: 37. Type locality: "near Dover [and] Yorkshire coast [United Kingdom]" (original citation). Syntype(s) [3 originally cited] in BMNH. Synonymy established with doubt by Chaudoir (1855: 104), confirmed by Nichols (1988a: 48).

Scarites denticollis Chaudoir, 1843b: 729. Type locality: "Nouvelle Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1881: 94), confirmed by Nichols (1988a: 48).

Scarites patruelis LeConte, 1845a: 201. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 673]. Synonymy established with doubt, under the name Scarites denticollis Chaudoir, by Chaudoir (1855: 104).

Scarites californicus LeConte, 1852a: 198. Type locality: "ad San Diego [San Diego County, California]" (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 originally cited] in MCZ [# 672]. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 97) based on Nichols (1988a: 49) unpublished thesis.

Scarites texanus Chaudoir, 1881: 94. Type locality: "Texas et dans le Yucatan (?)" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP (Nichols 1988a: 51). Synonymy established by Nichols (in Bousquet and Skelley 2010: 47).

Scarites durangoensis Bates, 1891a: 232. Type locality: "Villa Lerdo in Durango [Mexico]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in BMNH. Synonymy established, under the name Scarites californicus LeConte, by Bänninger (1933: 119).

Distribution.

This species is found from southeastern New Hampshire (Rockingham and Strafford Counties, Donald S. Chandler pers. comm. 2008) to eastern North Dakota (Cass County, Donald P. Schwert pers. comm. 1989), including southern Ontario (Lindroth 1961a: 129), south to the Yucatán Peninsula (Nichols 1988a: 52), the Florida Keys (Peck and Thomas 1998: 17), and Cuba (Darlington 1934: 67; Nichols 1988b: Fig. 5-8), west along the southwest to southwestern California (LeConte, 1852a: 198, as Scarites californicus ) and Baja California (Horn 1894: 307).

Records.

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

Note.

Bänninger (1938: 151) retained Scarites patruelis LeConte, Scarites californicus LeConte, and Scarites texanus Chaudoir as valid subspecies of Scarites subterraneus . All three names are listed in synonymy with Scarites subterraneus by Nichols (1988a: 49).