Pterostichus commutabilis (Motschulsky, 1866)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 504

Pterostichus commutabilis (Motschulsky, 1866)

Feronia erythropus Dejean, 1828: 243 [secondary homonym of Pterostichus erythropus (Marsham, 1802)]. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Rumney [Grafton County], N[ew] H[ampshire]" by Lindroth (1966: 502). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1966: 502).

Platyderus nitidus Kirby, 1837: 29 [secondary homonym of Pterostichus nitidus (Dejean, 1828)]. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 99), in BMNH. Synonymy established by LeConte (1846b: 231), confirmed by Bousquet (1999: 99).

Loxandrus commutabilis Motschulsky, 1866: 243. Type locality: «Am[érique] b[ oréale]» (lectotype label). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 15), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 15).

Platysma leconteianum Lutshnik, 1922: 70. Replacement name for Platysma erythropus (Dejean, 1828) and Platysma nitida (Kirby, 1837).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island to south-central British Columbia, south to the Lake Tahoe region in the Sierra Nevada, southern Colorado along the Rocky Mountains, northeastern Kansas (Popenoe 1877: 23, as Pterostichus erythropus ), southern Indiana, and Delaware along the Atlantic Coast [see Bousquet and Webster 2004: Fig. 5].

Records.

CAN: BC, MB, NB, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI