Agonum cupreum Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 756

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Agonum cupreum Dejean, 1831
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Agonum cupreum Dejean, 1831

Agonum cupreum Dejean, 1831: 735. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Duluth [Saint Louis County], Minnes[ota]" by Lindroth (1966: 596). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 21).

Agonum seminitidum Kirby, 1837: 26. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation), restricted to "Edmonton, Al[ber]ta" by Lindroth (1966: 596). Three syntypes in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 170). Synonymy established by LeConte (1870: 396), confirmed by Lindroth (1953b: 170).

Agonum chalceum LeConte, 1846b: 224. Type locality: "Lacum Superiorem" (original citation); cited from "Sault Ste Marie, Michigan" by LeConte (1854b: 55). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 5777]. Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1863b: 7), confirmed by LeConte (1869b: 248) and Lindroth (1966: 596).

Platynus protractus LeConte, 1854b: 55. Type locality: "Lake Superior and Sandy Lake, Minnesota" (original citation). Four syntypes in MCZ [# 5778]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 57), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Platynus crassicollis LeConte, 1860: 319. Type locality: "Jasper House [= Jasper, Alberta], Rocky Mountains" (original citation). One syntype in MCZ [# 5779]. Synonymy established by Henshaw (1882: 209), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum longulum Casey, 1920: 107. Type locality: "[Fort] Douglas [Salt Lake County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 127), in USNM [# 47463]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum parallelum Casey, 1920: 108. Type locality: "Magnolia, Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 127), in USNM [# 47464]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum marquettense Casey, 1920: 108. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County, Michigan], Lake Superior" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 127), in USNM [# 47465]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum seminitidum borealinum Casey, 1920: 109. Type locality: "Duluth [Saint Louis County], Minnesota" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 127), in USNM [# 47467]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum ovalicauda Casey, 1920: 109. Type locality: "Magnolia, Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47468]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum esuriale Casey, 1920: 109. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47470]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum cupreolucens Casey, 1924: 83. Type locality: "Winnipeg [Manitoba]" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47466]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 596).

Agonum uintanum Casey, 1924: 83. Type locality: "Mammoth (10000 ft.) [Juab County], Parowan M[oun]t[ain]s, Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47469]. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991a: 118).

Distribution.

This species ranges from central Prince Edward Island (CNC) and New Brunswick (Kouchibouguac National Park, CNC) to central Alaska (Lindroth 1966: 598), south at least to east-central California (Mono County, CAS), southeastern Arizona (Dajoz 2007: 21; UASM), northeastern New Mexico (San Miguel County, UASM), South Dakota including the Black Hills (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 25), and northern Michigan (Dunn 1985a: 8; Casey 1920: 108, as Agonum marquettense ). The record from “Kansas” (Horn 1872c: 385, as Platynus chalceus ) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY [KS]

Note.

Lindroth (1966: 597) treated Agonum uintanum Casey as a subspecies of Agonum cupreum Dejean.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Agonum

Loc

Agonum cupreum Dejean, 1831

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Agonum cupreolucens

Casey 1924
1924
Loc

Agonum uintanum

Casey 1924
1924
Loc

Agonum parallelum

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Agonum marquettense

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Agonum ovalicauda

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Agonum esuriale

Casey 1920
1920
Loc

Platynus crassicollis

LeConte 1860
1860
Loc

Platynus protractus

LeConte 1854
1854
Loc

Agonum seminitidum

Kirby 1837
1837
Loc

Agonum cupreum

Dejean 1831
1831