Anisodactylus alternans (Motschulsky, 1845)

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Anisodactylus alternans (Motschulsky, 1845)

Harpalus alternans Motschulsky, 1845b: 343. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to San Jose, Santa Clara County (see LeConte 1851: 184, as Anisodactylus alternans LeConte). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in ZMMU (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 14).

Anisodactylus alternans LeConte, 1851: 184. Type locality: "San Jose [Santa Clara County, California]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (2001: 314), in MCZ [# 90]. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 14).

Anisodactylus nivalis G.H. Horn, 1880d: 172. Type locality: «Nev[ada]» (lectotype label). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (2001: 315), in MCZ [# 2956]. Synonymy established by Noonan (2001: 315).

Anadaptus parvulus Casey, 1914: 204. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 141), in USNM [# 47962]. Synonymy established, under the name Anisodactylus nivalis Horn, by Lindroth (1968: 841).

Distribution.

This western species is found from southeastern British Columbia south to the Mexican border in California, southwestern Utah, and central Colorado [see Noonan 2001: Fig. 51].

Records.

CAN: BC USA: CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA