Tachys vittiger LeConte, 1852

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 450

Tachys vittiger LeConte, 1852

Tachys vittiger LeConte, 1852a: 193. Type locality: "San Diego [San Diego County, California]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1974a: 150), in MCZ [# 5565].

Tachys marginellus LeConte, 1852a: 193. Type locality: "ad flumen Colorado, circa millia xxx a mare" (original citation), according to Hayward (1900: 222) taken at the "Valley of the Colorado River". Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1974a: 150), in MCZ [# 5566]. Synonymy established by Hayward (1900: 234), confirmed by Erwin (1974a: 150).

Tachys picturatus Putzeys, 1874: 119. Type locality: "Guana Island, au nord-est d’Antigoa» (original citation, see page 120). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1974a: 150), in IRSN. Synonymy established by Erwin (1974a: 150).

Tachys beebei Mutchler, 1925: 223. Type locality: "South Seymour [Galapagos Islands, Ecuador]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in AMNH [# 258]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1973a: 125). Etymology. The specific name honors the American naturalist, explorer, and author Charles William Beebe [1877-1962] who worked as curator of ornithology for the New York Zoological Society from 1899 to 1952.

Tachys ensenadae Mutchler, 1934: 3. Type locality: "Ensenada, Puerto Rico" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in AMNH [# 1054]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1973a: 125).

Distribution.

This species is known from Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1966: 428, listed as “doubtful”), along the seacoast in southern California, including Santa Catalina Island (LeConte 1852a: 193; Fall 1901a: 43), Baja California Norte (Moore and Legner 1974: 289), Guatemala (Bates 1882a: 139), the Galápagos Islands (Mutchler 1925: 223, as Tachys beebei ), Antigua (Putzeys 1874: 119, as Tachys picturatus ), Montserrat (Ivie et al. 2008: 238, as Tachys ensenada ), Guana Island (Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275, as Tachys ensenada ), and Puerto Rico (Mutchler 1934: 3, as Tachys ensenadae ). The records from Colorado (Wickham 1902: 235; LeConte 1858a: 28, as Tachys marginellus ) must be in error.

Records.

CAN: BC (VCI) USA: CA (CHI) - Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guana Island, Guatemala, Mexico, Montserrat, Puerto Rico