Anillaspis caseyi Jeannel, 1963

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 459

Anillaspis caseyi Jeannel, 1963

Anillaspis caseyi Jeannel, 1963a: 80. Type locality: "Placer Co[unty], California" (original citation). Holotype (♀) location unknown (not in USNM). Etymology. The species name was proposed in honor of Thomas Lincoln Casey [1857-1925], American military officer, engineer, coleopterist, conchologist, and astronomer. Casey is well known for his controversial concept of species where little room was left for variation. His taxonomic approach was heavily criticized by his peers but nevertheless he always believed he was right. He once replied to a friend about these criticisms "I am just a generation ahead of the rest of you." Note. Jeannel (1963a: 80) reported that the holotype of this species, which came from Casey’s collection, is labeled "Alabaster Cave, Cal." but since Casey (1918: 168) noted that the sole specimen of Anillinus explanatus he had, upon which Anillinus caseyi was described, came from Placer County, the label is apocryphal.

Distribution.

This species is known only from the holotype collected in eastern California.

Records.

USA: CA