Dicaelus ambiguus LaFerte-Senectere , 1841

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Dicaelus ambiguus LaFerte-Senectere, 1841

Dicaelus ambiguus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841a: 44. Type locality: "Amer[ica] bor[ealis]" (original citation in Dejean 1836: 31), herein restricted to Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (see LeConte, 1847: 430, as Dicaelus reflexus ). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (collection Chaudoir).

Dicaelus opacus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1841a: 43. Type locality: Texas (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by LeConte (1873b: 324).

Dicaelus reflexus LeConte, 1847: 430. Type locality: "Columbiam [= Columbia, Lancaster County] Pensylvaniae" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5717]. Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1863b: 10), confirmed by Ball (1959: 112).

Dicaelus turbulentus LeConte, 1863c: 12. Type locality: «Missouri» (original citation). Four syntypes in MCZ [# 5718]. Synonymy established by Horn (1880b: xvii), confirmed by Ball (1959: 112).

Distribution.

This species is known from northern New Jersey (Smith 1910: 207) to southeastern Iowa, south to southeastern Texas (Ball 1959: 113) and the Florida Panhandle (Peck and Thomas 1998: 21).

Records.

USA: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA