Harpalus nigritarsis Sahlberg, 1827

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Harpalus nigritarsis Sahlberg, 1827

Harpalus nigritarsis C.R. Sahlberg, 1827b: 237. Type locality: «Lapponia» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 100), in ZMH.

Harpalus femoralis Motschulsky, 1844: 215 [primary homonym of Harpalus femoralis Stephens, 1828]. Type locality: "montagnes du Hamar-Daban au sud du Baïcal [Irkutsk Oblast, Russia]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Kataev and Shilenkov (in Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995: 145), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Kataev and Shilenkov (in Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995: 145).

Harpalus proximus LeConte, 1847: 398. Type locality: "Lacum Superiorem" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1991: 100), in MCZ [# 5891]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 795).

Harpalus curtatus Mannerheim, 1853: 124. Type locality: "ad sinum Woskresensk [= Resurrection Bay] peninsulae Kenai [Alaska]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 100), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 795).

Harpalus recensus Casey, 1914: 99. Type locality: "W[est] S[ain]t Modest[e], Labrador" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 139), in USNM [# 47798]. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus nigritarsis proximus LeConte, by Lindroth (1954b: 141).

Harpalus mansuetus Casey, 1914: 104. Type locality: "Tallac [El Dorado County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 100), in USNM [# 47810]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 100).

Harpalus seclusus Casey, 1914: 106. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 139), in USNM [# 47813]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 100).

Harpalus opicus Casey, 1914: 106. Type locality: "Placer Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 139), in USNM [# 47808]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 100).

Harpalus fanaticus Casey, 1924: 102. Type locality: "The Mammoth, summit of Parowan M[oun]t[ain]s (10000 ft.), Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1991: 101), in USNM [# 47786]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 101).

Harpalus parowanus Casey, 1924: 105. Type locality: "The Mammoth, Parowan M[oun]t[ain]s (10000 feet), Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 139), in USNM [# 47815]. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus seclusus Casey, by Lindroth (1968: 797).

Harpalus sibiricus Csiki, 1932a: 1141. Replacement name for Harpalus femoralis Motschulsky, 1844.

Distribution.

This Holarctic species ranges in the Nearctic Region from Newfoundland to the Alaskan coast, south to the Sierra Nevada in California, southern Arizona, southeastern Nebraska, and New Hampshire and New York [see Noonan 1991: Figs 277 and 278]. The species is known only from a few scattered localities in the prairies. The record from southern Indiana (Wiedenmann et al. 1992: 286) needs confirmation. In the Palaearctic Region, the species is known from Sweden to the Far East and the Altai in Kazakhstan (Kataev et al. 2003: 379).

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC (VCI), LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, QC, YT USA: AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY [IN] - Holarctic

Note.

Noonan (1991: 102-104) recognized two morphs in this species, the nigritarsis and seclusus morphs, which Lindroth (1968) regarded as distinct species. Noonan stated that a broad zone of intergradation between the two morphs occurs in the northern part of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent mountains and in lowland areas of northwestern United States, western Canada, and Alaska.