Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 476-477

Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825

Brachinus alternans Dejean, 1825: 316. Type locality: «Géorgie» (original citation), herein restricted to Thomasville, Thomas County (see Erwin 1970a: 90). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MHNP.

Brachinus librator Dejean, 1831: 425. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Erwin (1970a: 88)] (♂) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Brachinus deyrollii LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841a: 42. Type locality: «Missouri» (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for the French amateur coleopterist Achille Deyrolle [1818-1865], a dealer of natural history specimens in Paris.

Brachinus strenuus LeConte, 1844: 48. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MCZ [# 5844]. Synonymy established with doubt, under the name Brachinus deyrollii LaFerté-Sénectère, by LeConte (1858a: 28), confirmed by Erwin (1970a: 88).

Brachinus tormentarius LeConte, 1846b: 200. Type locality: "provinciis occidentalibus" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MCZ [# 5845]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Brachinus distinguendus Chaudoir, 1868b: 287. Type locality: Amérique septentrionale (inferred from title of the paper). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1970a: 88), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1099) based on Erwin’s (1969c) thesis.

Distribution.

This species extends from Connecticut and "Rhode Island" (Sikes 2003: 8) to southern Minnesota and northeastern Nebraska, south to the Rio Grande in south-central New Mexico and southeastern Texas, and the Florida Keys [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 201].

Records.

USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV