Hedychrum coriaceum Dahlbom 1854: 88. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Morgan 1984: 10); Poland: Glogovia (ZMUL) (examined).
Holopyga coriacea: Mocsáry 1889: 151.
Elampus coriaceus: Sahlberg 1910: 98.
Hedychridium coriaceum: Hellén 1920: 209, Trautmann 1927: 66, Trautmann 1930: 495, Hellén 1935: 8, Berland & Bernard 1938: 45, Balthasar 1954: 115, Haupt 1957: 57, Linsenmaier 1959: 53, Valkeila 1962: 64, Wengris 1962: 8, Valkeila et al. 1964: 75, Erlandsson 1971: 88 (as H. coreaceum), Tumšs 1976: 22, Banaszak 1980: 15, Vikberg 1986b: 68, Hedström 1987: 156, Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 191, Doronin 1996: 18, Cederberg 2000: 177, Söderman & Vikberg 2003: 44, Soon 2004: 45, Cederberg 2005: 290, Hallin 2007: 21, Kalniņš et al. 2007: 142, Salminen 2007: 143, Karlsson 2008, Sörensson 2008d, Franzén & Norén 2009: 40, Hallin 2009: 10, Allearter.dk 2010, Cederberg et al. 2010: 353, Johansson 2010: 118, Orlovskytė et al. 2010: 146, Stenmark 2010: 33, Hallin 2012, Ranta 2012: 33, Rosa & Soon 2012, Dyntaxa 2013, Johansson, in press.
Material examined. Denmark: ‘ Dania’, 1 ♀ (Wüstnei). * Estonia: Tartu, pitfall trap, 7.–13.VII.2011, 1 ♀ (M. Kruus).
Distribution. Denmark, * Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russian Fennoscandia.—Westpalearctic: Europe, North Africa (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).
Remarks. The species is known from all countries in the region except Norway. In Sweden it has been classified as near threatened (Cederberg et al. 2010). Soon (2004) reported the species from Denmark based on an old specimen in ZMUC (label without accurate locality).