Calathus opaculus LeConte, 1854

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Calathus opaculus LeConte, 1854

Calathus opaculus LeConte, 1854b: 37. Type locality: "middle, southern and western states" (original citation), restricted to "Lawrence [Douglas County], Kansas" by Lindroth (1966: 543). Lectotype (♀), designated by Ball and Nègre (1972: 487), in MCZ [# 5730].

Calathus sonoricus Casey, 1913: 156. Type locality: «Arizona» (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Ball and Nègre (1972: 487), in USNM [# 47541]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 543).

Calathus alutaceus Casey, 1913: 157. Type locality: "S[ain]t Louis, Missouri" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488), in USNM [# 47537]. Synonymy established by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488).

Calathus appalachius Casey, 1913: 157. Type locality: "Asheville [Buncombe County], North Carolina" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype [as holotype] (♀), designated by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488), in USNM [# 47538]. Synonymy established by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488).

Calathus obesulus Casey, 1913: 157. Type locality: "M[oun]t Hope [Sedgwick County], Kansas" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype [as holotype], designated by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488), in USNM [# 47539]. Synonymy established by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488).

Calathus ventricosus Casey, 1920: 219. Type locality: "Vicksburg [Warren County], Mississippi" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♀), designated by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488), in USNM [# 47542]. Synonymy established by Ball and Nègre (1972: 488).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from southern Quebec (Larochelle 1975: 69) to southeastern Utah, south to southeastern Arizona, southern Texas, and northern Florida [see Ball and Nègre 1972: Fig. 52]. The record from New Brunswick (see Majka et al. 2007: 11) is in error (Christopher G. Majka pers. comm. 2009).

Records.

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