Elaphrus lecontei Crotch, 1876

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 266-267

Elaphrus lecontei Crotch, 1876

Elaphrus lecontei Crotch [in Horn], 1876c: 246. Type locality: «Long’s Peak [Boulder County, Colorado]" (original citation for Elaphrus intermedius Kirby sensu LeConte, 1847). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 170]. Note. This name was proposed for Elaphrus intermedius Kirby, 1837 sensu LeConte (1847: 449).

Elaphrus devinctus Casey, 1920: 139. Type locality: "Wray [Yuma County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 113), in USNM [# 46826]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 114).

Elaphrus spissicornis Casey, 1924: 18. Type locality: "Parowan (6000 ft.) [Iron County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 113), in USNM [# 46824]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 114).

Distribution.

This species ranges from northwestern Quebec along the James Bay (Chisasibi, Serge Laplante pers. comm. 2011) to central British Columbia, north to the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, south to southern California, southern Arizona, and central Kansas [see Goulet 1983: Fig. 169]. Fossil remnants from a Plio-Pleistocene sequence have been unearthed in northwestern Greenland ( Böcher 1995: 23).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY