Platynus decentis (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 774

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scientific name

Platynus decentis (Say, 1823)
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Platynus decentis (Say, 1823)

Feronia decentis Say, 1823a: 53. Type locality: "Marion [Plymouth County], Mass[achusetts]" (neotype label). Neotype (♀), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 346), in MCZ [# 33020]. Note. The specific name derives from the Latin adjective decens, - entis (decent, proper). All authors seen, starting with LeConte (1850: 205), have used the spelling decens (nominative singular) until Lindroth (1966: 636) returned to the spelling decentis (genitive singular). Although the ICZN (1999: Article 11.9.1.1) mandates that a Latin adjective is to be proposed in the nominative singular, it could be argued in this case that the adjective is used in a nominal form and so can be formulated in the genitive case (Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga pers. comm. 2012).

Anchomenus gagates Dejean, 1828: 107. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 19). Synonymy established by Dejean (1828: 107), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 19).

Anchomenus sinuatus Dejean, 1828: 108. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Bethel [Oxford County], Maine" by Lindroth (1966: 636). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 19). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1955b: 118).

Anchomenus depressus Haldeman, 1843b: 299. Type locality: southeastern Pennsylvania (Haldeman 1843a: 296). Syntype(s) presumably lost. Synonymy established, under the name Platynus sinuatus (Dejean), by LeConte (1879b: 54).

Anchomenus coracinus LeConte, 1846b: 220. Type locality: "NovEboraci [= New York]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5741]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1854b: 44), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 636). Note. The specimen in the LeConte collection with the type label is also labeled “S.C.” and is probably not a syntype. Two other specimens in LeConte’s collection have pink labels (e.g., middle states, which included New York) and are probably syntypes.

Anchomenus oblongipennis Casey, 1920: 31. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County, Michigan], Lake Superior" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47402]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Anchomenus turbidus Casey, 1920: 32. Type locality: "Bayfield [Bayfield County, Wisconsin], Lake Superior" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [47403]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Anchomenus iowanus Casey, 1920: 32. Type locality: "Iowa City [Johnson County], Iowa" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47401]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Anchomenus aleneanus Casey, 1920: 36. Type locality: "Coeur d’Alene [Kootenai County], Idaho" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47407]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 135), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Anchomenus pacatus Casey, 1920: 43. Type locality: "Peaceful Valley [Boulder County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47416]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Anchomenus missourianus Casey, 1924: 81. Type locality: "Westminster [= probably Westminster College in Fulton, Callaway County], Missouri" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47399]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Anchomenus albertanus Casey, 1924: 81. Type locality: "Edmonton, Alberta" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 130), in USNM [# 47400]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 636).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 118, as Agonum sinuatum ) to south-central British Columbia (Lindroth 1966: 637), north to the coast of southern Alaska (Lindroth 1969a: 1120), south to western Oregon (Hatch 1953: 135), the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 159; Lindroth 1955a: 118), northeastern Kansas (Knaus 1901: 110; Ottawa County, CNC), east-central Alabama (Lee County, CNC), and southern Georgia (Torres and Ruberson 2006: 32). The records from “Louisiana” and “Texas” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 262) need confirmation.

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AK, AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY [LA, TX]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Platynus

Loc

Platynus decentis (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Anchomenus missourianus

Casey 1924
1924
Loc

Anchomenus albertanus

Casey 1924
1924
Loc

Anchomenus oblongipennis

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Anchomenus turbidus

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Anchomenus iowanus

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Anchomenus aleneanus

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Anchomenus pacatus

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Anchomenus depressus

Haldeman 1843
1843
Loc

Anchomenus gagates

Dejean 1828
1828
Loc

Anchomenus sinuatus

Dejean 1828
1828