Pterostichus ebeninus (Dejean, 1828)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 510

Pterostichus ebeninus (Dejean, 1828)

Feronia ebenina Dejean, 1828: 307. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "New Orleans [Orleans Parish], Louis[iana]" by Lindroth (1966: 498). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in MHNP).

Lyperus acutangulus Chaudoir, 1843b: 771. Type locality: «Nouvelle-Orléans [Orleans Parish, Louisiana]" (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 originally cited] probably in MHNP. Synonymy established by Schaupp (1882c: 42).

Distribution.

This species ranges from "Rhode Island" (Sikes 2003: 7) to “Minnesota” (Gandhi et al. 2005: 926), including southernmost Ontario (Lindroth 1966: 499, possibly only as strays), south to “Texas” (Schaupp 1882c: 42; Nicolay and Weiss 1934: 209), southeastern Louisiana (Lindroth 1966: 498), and southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 20).

Records.

CAN: ON USA: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI