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 Platynus megalops (Bates, 1882) Colpodes megalops Bates, 1882a: 116. Type locality: "Guanajuato, Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Whitehead (1973: 200), in BMNH. Platynus longiceps Schaeffer, 1910: 394. Type locality: "Huachuca M[oun]t[ain]s, Arizona" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Whitehead (1973: 200), in USNM [# 42502]. Synonymy established by Whitehead (1973: 200). Distribution. The range of this species extends from southern Arizona and western Texas (Jeff Davis County, CMNH) south to the state of Oaxaca (Whitehead 1973: 201). Records. USA : AZ, TX - Mexico