Cratacanthus dubius (Palisot de Beauvois, 1811)

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Cratacanthus dubius (Palisot de Beauvois, 1811)

Harpalus dubius Palisot de Beauvois, 1811: 108. Type locality: «Pensylvanie» (original citation), herein restricted to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County (see Casey 1884c: 75, as Cratacanthus bisectus ). Syntype(s) probably lost (Lindroth 1968: 744).

Cratacanthus pensylvanicus Dejean, 1829: 41. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 26). Synonymy established by Duponchel (1843: 327), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 26).

Cratacanthus litoreus Casey, 1884c: 74. Type locality: "Atlantic City [Atlantic County], New Jersey" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 137), in USNM [# 47731]. Synonymy established by Horn (1885b: 108).

Cratacanthus bisectus Casey, 1884c: 75. Type locality: "Fairmont Park, Philadelphia [Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 137), in USNM [# 47730]. Synonymy established by Horn (1885b: 108).

Cratacanthus texanus Casey, 1884c: 75. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13), in USNM [# 47732]. Synonymy established by Horn (1885b: 108), confirmed by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13).

Cratacanthus subovalis Casey, 1914: 59. Type locality: "southern Atlantic seaboard" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13), in USNM [# 47733]. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13).

Cratacanthus cephalotes Casey, 1914: 59. Type locality: "S[ain]t Louis, Missouri" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13), in USNM [# 47734]. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from Long Island, New York (Notman 1928: 244), to southeastern Alberta (Lindroth 1968: 745), south to southern Arizona (Cochise, Greenlee and Pima Counties, CNC, UASM), Durango (Bates 1891a: 241) and southern Coahuila (UASM) in Mexico, western Alabama (Pickens and Tuscaloosa Counties, UASM), and “Florida” (Leng 1920: 70, as Cratacanthus subovalis ).

Records.

CAN: AB, SK USA: AL, AR, AZ, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY - Mexico