Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 632

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847
status

 

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Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847: 422. Type locality: «Georgia» (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5713].

Dicaelus lecontei LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851: 277. Type locality: "Amer[ica] bor[ealis]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by LeConte (1853c: 388).

Dicaelus darlingtoni Fall, 1932: 19. Type locality: "Homestead [Dade County], Florida" (original citation). Holotype (♀) in MCZ [# 23875]. New synonymy.

Distribution.

This species has been recorded from “Georgia” (LeConte 1847: 422), the Florida Panhandle and Peninsula including the Keys (Peck and Thomas 1998: 21), and southwestern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 18; Ball 1959: 159).

Records.

USA: AL, FL, GA

Note.

Following Lindroth (1969a: 954), I believe this taxon should be regarded as a valid species, not as a subspecies of Dicaelus purpuratus Bonelli.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Dicaelus

Loc

Dicaelus quadratus LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Dicaelus darlingtoni

Fall 1932
1932
Loc

Dicaelus quadratus

LeConte 1847
1847