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 Brachinus americanus (LeConte, 1844) Aptinus americanus LeConte, 1844: 48. Type locality: "Georgia" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1970a: 55), in MCZ [# 5839]. Distribution. This species ranges from western New York to southeastern Minnesota, south to southeastern Texas, east-central Louisiana (West Feliciana Parish, Igor M. Sokolov pers. comm. 2009), and northern Florida [see Erwin 1970a: Fig. 88]. Records. USA : AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, WI, WV