Pterostichus caribou Ball, 1962

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 549

Pterostichus caribou Ball, 1962

Pterostichus caribou Ball, 1962: 3. Type locality: "Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories [= Nunavut]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CNC [# 9094].

Distribution.

This species ranges from northern Alaska to the western shores of the Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba and Southampton Island in Nunavut [see Ball 1963: Fig. 2; Nielsen et al. 1987: Fig. 18a]; isolated in eastern Ohio (Usis and MacLean 1998: 67). Fossil remnants of this species, dated between about 16,700 and 21,500 years B.P., have been unearthed in north-central Illinois (Garry et al. 1990: 394) and east-central Iowa (Baker et al. 1986: 96).

Records.

CAN: MB, NT, NU, YT USA: AK, OH