Pericompsus ephippiatus (Say, 1830)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Coleoptera: family
Carabidae: genus
Pericompsus: species
Pericompsus ephippiatus

Pericompsus ephippiatus (Say 1830)

Pericompsus ephippiatus (Say, 1830)

Bembidium ephippiatum Say, 1830c: 25. Type locality: «Ind[iana]» (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 338), in MCZ [# 33061]. Note. «Indiana» was the area originally cited by Say (1830c: 25).

Distribution.

This species ranges from southwestern New Hampshire (Choate 1977: 115) to northern Kansas, south to Honduras and central Florida [see Erwin 1974b: Fig. 73]. The record from southern Wisconsin (Rauterberg 1885: 23) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV [WI] - Honduras, Mexico

Name

Synonyms: Bembidion ephippiatum Say, 1830; Bembidium ephippiatum Say, 1830; Pericompus ephippiatus (Say, 1830); Tachys ephippiatus (Say, 1830)
Homonyms: Pericompsus ephippiatus (Say, 1830)

Bibliographic References

Bousquet, Yves, 2012: Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys, issue 245. 1-1722.
Bousquet, Yves, and André Larochelle, 1993: Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, no. 167. 397.