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 brunneomarginatus (Mannerheim, 1843) Anchomenus brunneomarginatus Mannerheim, 1843 [after 28 March]: 196. Type locality: "California" (original citation), herein restricted to San Diego, San Diego County (see LeConte 1854b: 43, as Platynus bicolor ). Syntype(s) location unknown. Anchomenus rugiceps Mannerheim, 1843 [after 28 March]: 196 [ nomen dubium ]. Type locality: "California" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 637). Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1863b: 6). Anchomenus marginatus Menetries , 1843 [29 July]: 56 [secondary homonym of Platynus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)]. Type locality: "Californie" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 637). Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 55). Anchomenus ovipennis Motschulsky, 1845b: 339 [primary homonym of Anchomenus ovipennis Mannerheim, 1843]. Type locality: "Californie" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU). Synonymy established, under the name Platynus rugiceps (Mannerheim), by Motschulsky (1850a: 70). Platynus bicolor LeConte, 1854b: 43 [secondary homonym of Platynus bicolor (Dejean, 1828)]. Type locality: "San Diego [San Diego County], California" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5746]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 55). Platynus cinctellus LeConte, 1854b: 43. Type locality: "San Francisco [San Francisco County], California" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5745]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1863b: 6), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 637). Platynus bicoloratus Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 368. Replacement name for Platynus bicolor LeConte, 1854. Platynus tenebricosus Gemminger and Harold, 1868a: 377. Replacement name for Platynus marginatus ( Menetries , 1843). Distribution. This species ranges from southern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1966: 639), south to the northern parts of the Baja California Peninsula (Horn 1894: 309), east to western New Mexico (Liebherr and Will 1996: 316) and northern Sonora (Bates 1884: 280). Records. CAN : BC (VCI) USA : AZ, CA (CHI), ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA - Mexico