Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 752-753

Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828

Agonum affine Stephens, 1828a [1 March]: 94 [potential nomen oblitum]. Type locality: "near London" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] probably in BMNH (collection Stephens, see Dawson 1854: 94). Note. This taxon was first placed in synonymy with Anchomenus pelidnus (Herbst) sensu Paykull (1798: 134) (= Agonum thoreyi thoreyi (Dejean, 1828)), by Dawson (1854: 93).

Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828 [29 November]: 165 [potential nomen protectum]. Type locality: "environs de Hambourg, nord de l’Allemagne» (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Anchomenus melanocephalus Dejean, 1828 [29 November]: 118. Type locality: "Espagne [= Spain]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Synonymy established by Bedel (1900b: 248).

Agonum puellum Dejean, 1828 [29 November]: 166. Type locality: "environs de Berlin [Germany]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Synonymy established, under the name Anchomenus pelidnus (Herbst) sensu Paykull (1798: 134) (= Agonum thoreyi thoreyi (Dejean, 1828)), by Schiødte (1841: 254).

Agonum lenum Dejean, 1828 [29 November]: 166 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Syntype(s) presumably lost (Lindroth 1955b: 21). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1954b: 138), subsequently considered a nomen dubium by the same author (Lindroth 1955b: 21).

Agonum longicolle Lacordaire [in Boisduval and Lacordaire], 1835: 215. Type locality: "Bondy [northeastern suburbs of Paris, France]" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown. Synonymy established, under the name Anchomenus pelidnus (Herbst) sensu Paykull (1798: 134) (= Agonum thoreyi thoreyi (Dejean, 1828)), by Erichson (1837: 117).

Agonum picipenne Kirby, 1837: 24. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation). Three syntypes in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 170). Synonymy established, under the name Agonum lenum Dejean, by Melsheimer (1853: 17), confirmed by Lindroth (1953b: 170).

Agonum lehmanni Chaudoir, 1837b: 25. Type locality: "Livonie [currently in Latvia and Estonia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Synonymy established, under the name Anchomenus pelidnus (Herbst) sensu Paykull (1798: 134) (= Agonum thoreyi thoreyi (Dejean, 1828)), by Chaudoir (1850b: 107).

Agonum convexiusculum Chaudoir, 1843b: 765. Type locality: "Smyrne [= Izmir, Turkey]" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Schmidt and Liebherr 2009: 250). Synonymy established by Schmidt and Liebherr (2009: 250).

Agonum longulum Motschulsky, 1844: 133. Type locality: "fl[euve] Ichim [Russia]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Schmidt and Liebherr (2009: 250), in ZMMU. Synonymy established, under the name Anchomenus puellus (Dejean), by Chaudoir (1850b: 108).

Platynus gemellus LeConte, 1879b: 54. Type locality: "Vancouver Island [British Columbia]" (original citation). Two syntypes [2 originally cited] in MCZ [# 5787]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 145) and Lindroth (1953b: 170).

Distribution.

A Holarctic species widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region from Ireland to the Far East, south to Spain and Italy (Bousquet 2003c: 453). In North America, the taxon ranges from Alaska (Lindroth 1966: 580) to Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 129), south to the District of Columbia (Ulke 1902: 7, as Platynus picipennis ), central Kansas (Trego County, CNC), east-central Colorado (Kiowa County, Foster F. Purrington pers. comm. 2010), and “California” (Lindroth 1955a: 129).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (VCI), MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI - Holarctic