Microlestes linearis (LeConte, 1851)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 807

Microlestes linearis (LeConte, 1851)

Dromius angustus LeConte, 1846b: 191 [primary homonym of Dromius angustus Brullé, 1834]. Type locality: "ad Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5815].

Bomius linearis LeConte, 1851: 177. Replacement name for Bomius angustus (LeConte, 1846).

Blechrus prominulus Casey, 1920: 269. Type locality: "Reno [Washoe County], Nevada" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 145), in USNM [# 47686]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1050).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from Nova Scotia to southwestern British Columbia, though not quite reaching the coast (Lindroth 1969a: 1051), south to northern California (Lindroth 1969a: 1051; Casey 1920: 269, as Blechrus prominulus ), northern Arizona (Lindroth 1969a: 1051), southern Oklahoma (Elliott et al. 2006: 126), and “Virginia” (CMNH, collection Ulke). The record from “Mississippi” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 274) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, QC, SK USA: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY [MS]

Note.

This species has passed under the name of Blechrus glabratus (Duftschmid, 1812) until the 1960s.