Harpalus fraternus LeConte, 1852

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Harpalus fraternus LeConte, 1852

Harpalus fraternus LeConte, 1852a: 185. Type locality: «Oregon» (original citation), herein restricted to Moro, Sherman County (see Casey 1924: 116, as Euharpalops wadei ). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Noonan 1991: 70] (♂) in MCZ [# 96].

Harpalus oblitus LeConte, 1859c: 2 [primary homonym of Harpalus oblitus Dejean, 1829]. Type locality: "Santa Fé [Santa Fe County, New Mexico]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5903]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1861b: 339), confirmed by Noonan (1991: 70).

Harpalus occidentalis Chaudoir, 1868b: 168. Type locality: "Vancouver [British Columbia]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Horn (1875: 126), confirmed by Noonan (1991: 70).

Harpalus lecontei Casey, 1914: 117. Replacement name for Harpalus oblitus LeConte, 1859.

Harpalus fraternus nimius Casey, 1924: 100. Type locality: "Columbia River [Clatsop County], Oregon" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47781]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 172), confirmed by Noonan (1991: 71).

Harpalus praestans Casey, 1924: 101. Type locality: "Provo Cañon [Utah County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 138), in USNM [# 47782]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 771).

Euharpalops wadei Casey, 1924: 116. Type locality: "Moro [Sherman County], Oregon" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 138), in USNM [# 47746]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 172), confirmed by Noonan (1991: 71).

Harpalus hoppingi Lindroth, 1968: 777. Type locality: "Vernon, B[ritish] C[olumbia]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 9860]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 71). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for George Redstone Hopping [1899-1974], entomologist for the Federal Government in Vernon and later in Calgary. Hopping published many papers on forest entomology and management of stands subject to insect attack but also on taxonomy of various groups of beetles including Cerambycidae and Scolytinae .

Distribution.

This western species occurs from Vancouver Island to southeastern Manitoba (Roughley et al. 2010: 230), north to northeastern British Columbia, south to western Texas, southern Arizona, and the White Mountains in California, east to eastern Nebraska [see Noonan 1991: Fig. 271].

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (VCI), MB, SK USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY

Note.

Noonan (1991: 75) recognized two forms within this species, a southern one, known as Harpalus lecontei , that Lindroth (1968) treated as a distinct species, and a more northern one which corresponds to Harpalus fraternus LeConte sensu Lindroth.