Bembidion semipunctatum (Donovan, 1806)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 406-407

Bembidion semipunctatum (Donovan, 1806)

Carabus semipunctatus Donovan, 1806: 22. Type locality: "shore of the Severn sea, near the village of Newton, Glamorganshire [Wales, Great Britain]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] probably lost (Lindroth 1963b: 367).

Bembidium elegantulum R.F. Sahlberg, 1844: 56. Type locality: "fluminis Ochotae [River Ochota, near Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Kray, Siberia, Russia]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1963b: 367), in ZMUT. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1963b: 367).

Notaphus alternans Motschulsky, 1845b: 349. Type locality: "Kamtschatka [Russia]" (original citation). One syntype in ZMMU (Keleinikova 1976: 185). Synonymy established by Shilenkov (1994: 20).

Bembidion provoanum Casey, 1918: 105. Type locality: "Provo [Utah County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1984a: 182), in USNM [# 36966]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1984a: 182).

Bembidion accuratum Casey, 1924: 39. Type locality: "Edmonton, Alberta" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 120), in USNM [# 36963]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1963b: 367).

Distribution.

This Holarctic species is found from Great Britain to eastern Siberia and Japan (Marggi et al. 2003: 254), and from the Arctic Plains in northern Alaska to the Hudson Bay shore in northwestern Ontario, south to southeastern Minnesota (Olmsted Country, CMNH), north-central Utah (Casey 1918: 105, as Bembidion provoanum ), and northeastern California (Notman 1929b: 223, as Bembidion provoanum ).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT USA: AK, CA, MN, MT, OR, UT, WA - Holarctic

Note.

Elaphrus sturmii , credited to Duftschmid (1812: 203), is usually listed as junior synonym of this species (e.g., Marggi et al. 2003: 254). However, it is quite evident that Duftschmid (1812: 203) referred to Carabus sturmii Panzer listed on the preceding page (page 202).