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 Omoglymmius americanus (Laporte, 1836) Rhysodes exaratus Lepeletier and Audinet-Serville [in Latreille et al.], 1825: 308 [primary homonym of Rhysodes exaratus Dalman, 1823]. Type locality: "Amerique septentrionale" (original citation), herein restricted to Florence, Florence County, South Carolina (see Bell and Bell 1983: 145). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in MHNP). Rhysodes americanus Laporte, 1836: 58. Replacement name for Rhysodes exaratus Lepeletier and Audinet-Serville, 1825. Rhysodes aratus Newman, 1838b: 664. Type locality. "Alabama" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in BMNH). Synonymy established by LeConte (1875b: 162). Distribution. This species ranges from central New York to eastern Minnesota, south to east-central Texas (Bell and Bell 1983: 145) and northern Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 15). Records. CAN : ON USA : AL, AR, DE, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI Figure 5. Omoglymmius americanus (Laporte). This species is one of the seven rhysodid species-group taxa found in eastern North America. These species live in decaying wood, such as logs, stumps or roots, where they feed on slime molds and fungi. The carabids, on the other hand, are carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous feeding on both animal and plant matters.