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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Omus submetallicus Horn, 1869
Omus submetallicus
G.H. Horn, 1869b: 129. Type locality:
"California"
(original citation), restricted, incorrectly so, to "mountains near Alleghany City, Sierra Co[unty]" by Ward (1982: 59), based on information provided by Fuchs to Leng (1902: 109), and subsequently to "Warthan Canyon, mouth of Mulch Canyon, 601 m, 43.6 km (by road) E[ast] San Lucas, St[ate] H[y]w[a]y 198, Fresno Co[unty]" by Leffler (1986a: 38). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 33469].
Omus submetallicus niger
Cazier, 1937b: 94. Type locality: "Wartham Canyon, Fresno Co[unty], California" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 4478]. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 52) based on
Leffler's
statement (1979a: 181).
Distribution.
This species, also known as the "Lustrous Night-stalking Tiger Beetle", is restricted to a small area east of Warthan Canyon in western Fresno County, central California (Knisley and Haines 2010: 245).
Records.
USA
: CA