Agonum corvus (LeConte, 1860)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 766

Agonum corvus (LeConte, 1860)

Platynus corvus LeConte, 1860: 319. Type locality: "Black Hills [South Dakota]; Saskatchewan" (original citation), restricted to "Black Hills" by Lindroth (1966: 603). One syntype in MCZ [# 5768].

Agonum hyslopi Casey, 1920: 113. Type locality: "Wilbur [Lincoln County], Washington" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47477]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 603). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for James Augustus Hyslop [1884-1953], entomologist for the Bureau of Entomology in Washington DC. Hyslop worked mainly on elaterids.

Agonum debiliceps Casey, 1920: 118. Type locality: "Duluth [Saint Louis County], Minnesota" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47481]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 603).

Distribution.

This species ranges from the Saint Lawrence Valley in southern Quebec (Larochelle 1975: 33) to the Fraser Valley in British Columbia (Lindroth 1966: 603), south to northern California (Siskiyou County, CNC), east-central California (Mono County, Foster F. Purrington pers. comm. 2012), northern Arizona (Coconino and Apache Counties, CNC), southern Colorado (Alamosa County, CNC), and southern Nebraska (Chase County, Foster F. Purrington pers. comm. 2010). The record from “Michigan” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 256) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WV, WY [MI]