Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Promecognathus laevissimus (Dejean, 1829) Eripus laevissimus Dejean, 1829: 11. Type locality: "Californie" (original citation), restricted to "San Francisco [San Francisco County]" by Lindroth (1961a: 127). Holotype [by monotypy (see Dejean 1829: 9)] in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 13). Promecognathus debilis Casey, 1897: 346. Type locality: "S[an]ta Cruz [Santa Cruz County], California" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in USNM [# 46871]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 127). Distribution. This species is known from "Oregon" south at least to central California (Lindroth 1961a: 127; Fresno County, CAS), east to Washoe County in northwestern Nevada (La Rivers 1947: 139; Lindroth 1961a: 127). Records. USA : CA, NV, OR