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 Galerita mexicana Chaudoir, 1872 Galerita mexicana Chaudoir, 1872b: 103. Type locality: "Mexique" (original citation), herein restricted to Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (see Reichardt 1967: 29). Lectotype (♀), designated by Reichardt (1967: 29), in MHNP. Galerita melanopus Casey, 1920: 232. Type locality: "Amarillo [Potter County], Texas" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47584]. Synonymy established by Reichardt (1967: 29). Distribution. This species ranges from southeastern Nebraska (Lancaster County, Foster F. Purrington pers. comm. 2011) to south-central Arizona, south to Costa Rica [see Ball and Nimmo 1983: Fig. 12]. Records. USA : AZ, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico