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 Chlaenius niger Randall, 1838 Chlaenius niger Randall, 1838b: 34. Type locality: "vicinity of Boston [Massachusetts]" (original citation). Syntype(s) lost. Chlaenius niger var. ludoviciana Leng, 1915: 592. Type locality: "Louisiana" (original citation). Holotype location unknown. Synonymy established by Bell (1960: 133). Distribution. This species ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 133) to south-central British Columbia (Lindroth 1969a: 992), south to northeastern Washington (Hatch 1953: 162), "Wyoming" (Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 1992), east-central Texas, southern Florida, and Cuba (Bell 1960: 133-134). The record from "Yukon Territory" (Ball and Currie 1997: 453) could not be confirmed. Records. CAN : AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK USA : AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY, TX [YT] - Cuba Note. The name Chlaenius exaratus LaFerte-Senectere , 1851 is often listed as a junior synonym of this species (e.g., Bell 1960: 133; Lindroth 1969a: 991). However, LaFerte-Senectere never provided a description of the taxon and the name is a nomen nudum .