New distributional records of the genus Tetragonoderus Dejean, 1829 from the United States of America, including an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Abstract

New distributional records are presented for the genus Tetragonoderus Dejean, 1829 from the United States of America. Tetragonoderus fasciatus (Haldeman, 1843) is a new state record for South Dakota, Tetragonoderus intersectus (Germar, 1824) is a new state record for Oklahoma, Tetragonoderus latipennis LeConte, 1874 is a new state record for Florida, Georgia, and Okhlaoma, and Tetragonoderus pallidus Horn, 1869 is a new state record for New Mexico and Utah. New county records for the introduced species Tetragonoderus laevigatus Chaudoir, 1876 in Florida and new state records for Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi signify a range extension. A new record of this species from Miami-Dade County from 2004 temporally precedes the known date of introduction. New observational records from citizen science platforms for the reported species are also noted. An updated key and distributional maps to the known species in the USA are also provided.