Harpalus spadiceus Dejean, 1829

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Harpalus spadiceus Dejean, 1829

Harpalus spadiceus Dejean, 1829: 336. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "White Sulphur Springs [Greenbrier County], W[est] Virg[ina]" by Lindroth (1968: 780). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 27).

Harpalus comis Haldeman, 1843b: 301 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: southeastern Pennsylvania (Haldeman 1843a: 297). Syntype(s) presumably lost. Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1863b: 13).

Harpalus carolinae Schaeffer, 1910: 402. Type locality: "Black Mountains, North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin and House (1978: 238), in USNM [# 42509]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 86).

Distribution.

This eastern species ranges from southern Quebec, southern Ontario, and the New England states south through the Appalachian mountains to northern Georgia [see Noonan 1991: Figs 273-275]. The record from southwestern Manitoba (Stjernberg 2011: 70) is probably in error.

Records.

CAN: ON, QC USA: CT, DC, DE, GA, KY, MA, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV

Note.

Noonan (1991: 87-88) recognized two morphs for this species, the spadiceus and carolinae morphs, that Lindroth (1968: 780-781) treated as distinct species. According to Noonan (1991: 88), the two morphs intergrade over an area extending southwards from Virginia to Georgia.