New Synonymies and Notes on North American Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Bousquet, Yves
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2006
2006-06-30
60
2
145
157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/865.1
journal article
10.1649/865.1
1938-4394
6.
Loxandrus concinnus
Casey, 1918:391
This
taxon was described from an unspecified number of specimens collected at «Dunedin,
Florida
».
Casey’s
collection in
USNM
contains two conspecific specimens under that name, both females.
One
of them, herein selected as the
lectotype
, is labelled «Dunedin,
Fla W.S.B. Coll.
12-28-15/Casey bequest 1925/Type
USNM 47353
/
UIAC 00044053
/
concinnus Csy.
[handwritten]/
lectotype
Loxandrus concinnus
by [handwritten]
R
.
T
. Allen»
.
Both specimens (SBL
¼
6.7 mm
[
lectotype
]; ABL
¼
about
7.1 mm
[
lectotype
]) are conspecific with specimens of
L. celeris
(Dejean, 1828)
[NEW SYNONYMY]. This species is one of only six North American
Loxandrus
with setae underneath the last tarsomere of each leg. The other species are structurally very different and belong to other groups. Both specimens of the type series of
L. concinnus
have a distinct orange spot around the suture near the posterior third of the elytra.