Platynus angustatus Dejean, 1828

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 776

Platynus angustatus Dejean, 1828

Platynus angustatus Dejean, 1828: 98. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Little Switzerland [Mitchell County], Blacks M[oun]t[ain]s (3400 ft), N[orth] Carol[ina]" by Lindroth (1966: 646). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 18).

Platynus gracilentus Beutenmüller, 1903: 517. Type locality: "summit of the Black Mountains (5000-6717 feet), N[orth] C[arolina]" (original citation). Sixteen syntypes in AMNH [# 2] (Grossbeck 1912: 361), one in ANSP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1955b: 18).

Platynidius enormis Casey, 1920: 8. Type locality: "Black M[oun]t[ain]s, North Carolina" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47385]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 646).

Platynidius aesopus Casey, 1920: 9. Type locality: "Adirondack M[oun]t[ain]s, New York" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47386]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 646).

Platynidius rhombiceps Casey, 1920: 9. Type locality: "New Jersey" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47389]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 646).

Platynidius cervicalis Casey, 1920: 10. Type locality: «Pennsylvania» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47388]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 646).

Platynidius carolinensis Casey, 1920: 10. Type locality: "Black M[oun]t[ain]s, North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47387]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 646).

Distribution.

This species is found from the Adirondack Mountains in New York (Casey 1920: 9 as Platynidius aesopus ; Liebherr and Song 2002: 135) to at least south-central Ohio (Will and Androw 1993), south to southwestern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 19) and southeastern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 114). The records from “Indiana” (Schrock 1985: 353), “Illinois” (Thomas 1861: 635), and Mount Washington in New Hampshire (Bowditch 1896: 2) need confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, GA, KY, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV [IL, IN, NH]