Elaphrus laevigatus LeConte, 1852

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 265

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scientific name	Elaphrus laevigatus LeConte, 1852
status

Treatment

Elaphrus laevigatus LeConte, 1852a: 200. Type locality: "San Francisco [San Francisco County, California]" (original citation). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 660].

Elaphrus politus Casey, 1897: 345 [primary homonym of Elaphrus politus LeConte, 1850]. Type locality: "San Francisco [San Francisco County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 113), in USNM [# 46822]. Synonymy established by Van Dyke (1925: 113), confirmed by Goulet (1983: 280).

Elaphrus caseyi Leng, 1919b: 203. Replacement name for Elaphrus politus Casey, 1897.

Distribution.

This species is known from western Nevada and California, from the Oregon border to the Los Angeles area [see Goulet 1983: Fig. 161].

Records.

USA: CA, NV

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Elaphrus