Pseudaptinus dorsalis ( Brulle , 1834)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 838

Pseudaptinus dorsalis ( Brulle, 1834)

Diaphorus dorsalis Brullé, 1834b: 181. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in MHNP).

Pseudaptinus bierigi Liebke, 1934: 387. Type locality: "Habana, Kuba" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in IZWP [# 1704]. Synonymy established by Darlington (1937: 117). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Alexander Bierig [1884-1963]. Born in Germany, Bierig moved with his family after World War I to Cuba and finally in 1939 to Costa Rica where he became professor of entomology at the University of Costa Rica in San José. Although he published quite extensively on Staphylinidae , most of his publications as professional dealt with the biology and control of insects injurious to tropical crops. His collection of about 26,000 specimens was purchased in 1966 by the Field Museum of Natural History.

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from the District of Columbia (Ulke 1902: 7) to western South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 39), south to southern Texas (Johnson 1978: 68) and southern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 25); also recorded from the Bahamas (Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 15), Cuba (Darlington 1934: 128), Jamaica (Darlington 1941a: 14), Guana Island in the British Virgin Islands (Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275), Dominican Republic, and Mexico (Messer 2011: 423). The record from Arizona (Snow 1906b: 162) is probably in error.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA - Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico