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 Pterostichus ventralis (Say, 1823) Feronia ventralis Say, 1823a: 46. Type locality: "Douglas Co[unty], Kan[sas]" (neotype label), herein restricted to Lawrence (CNC). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 341), in MCZ [# 32961]. Note. "Missouri [Territory]" was the area originally cited by Say (1823a: 46). Distribution. This species is known from eastern Kansas (Lindroth and Freitag 1969: 341; Douglas County, CNC, UASM) to "Iowa" (Jaques and Redlinger 1946: 297) and southwestern Illinois (Saint Clair County, MCZ; Wickham 1895a: 185), south to northwestern Louisiana (Bossier Parish, LSAM; LeConte 1853a: 241) and south-central Texas (Comal County, CMNH). The record from "Florida" (Wickham 1895a: 185) needs confirmation (see Leng 1915: 576). Records. USA : AR, IA, IL, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX [FL]