Sericoda quadripunctata (DeGeer, 1774)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 733-734

Sericoda quadripunctata (DeGeer, 1774)

Carabus 4-punctatus DeGeer, 1774: 102. Type locality not stated; "Uppsala, Sweden" selected by Lindroth (1966: 568). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1966: 568), in NRSS.

Carabus foveolatus Illiger, 1801: 61. Type locality: Prussia (inferred from title of the paper). Holotype [by monotypy] probably lost. Synonymy established by Gyllenhal (1810: 160).

Anchomenus octocolus Mannerheim, 1853: 144. Type locality: "ad rivulos fl[umen] Tschunuktnu peninsulae Kenai [Alaska]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] probably in ZMMU. Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 57). Note. Regarding the type locality, see “Note” section for Cryobius subcaudatus Mannerheim.

Platynus stigmosus LeConte, 1854b: 58. Type locality: "Lake Superior, Maine and New Hampshire" (original citation), restricted to "L[ake] Superior" by Lindroth (1966: 568). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 5785]. Synonymy established with doubt, under the name Sericoda octocola (Mannerheim), by LeConte (1857c: 8), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 568).

Anchomenus ambiguus Mäklin, 1855: 36. Type locality: "Ajan [Khabarovsk Kray, Russia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMH). Synonymy established by Jacobson (1907: 330).

Distribution.

This Holarctic species ranges in North America from central Alaska to Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 117), south to eastern North Carolina and west ern Tennessee along the Appalachian Mountains, to northern New Mexico along the Rocky Mountains, and to central Washington [see Liebherr 1991b: Fig. 221]. In the Palaearctic Region, the range of the species extends from Great Britain to the Kamchatka Peninsula, south to the Philippines Islands, the Himalayan Mountains, and Italy in Europe [see Liebherr 1991b: Fig. 222].

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (VCI), LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, PA, SD, TN, VT, WA, WI - Holarctic