Pterostichus punctatissimus (Randall, 1838)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 520

Pterostichus punctatissimus (Randall, 1838)

Feronia punctatissima Randall, 1838a: 3. Type locality: "near the summit of the Blue Mountains [Franklin County, Maine]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] lost.

Distribution.

This species is found from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 87) to southeastern Yukon Territory (Lindroth 1966: 527), including northeastern British Columbia (CNC), north to northwestern Northwest Territories, south to central Alberta (Lindroth 1966: 527), northeastern Minnesota (Cook County, CNC), some mountains in New York (Notman 1928: 223), and “Massachusetts” (Wickham 1895a: 186). The record from Cuyahoga County in northern Ohio (Bubna 1902: 193) needs confirmation. Fossil remnants of this species, dated between about 11,700 and 18,100 years B.P., have been unearthed in northeastern Wisconsin, central Minnesota (Schwert 1992: 77), and central and southeastern Iowa (Schwert 1992: 77; Baker et al. 1986: 96).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, VT [OH]