Blemus discus discus (Fabricius, 1792)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 331

Blemus discus discus (Fabricius, 1792)

Carabus discus Fabricius, 1792: 164. Type locality: «Germania» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Uéno (1974: 269), in ZMUC.

Carabus unifasciatus Panzer, 1796b: no 7. Type locality: Germany (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMHB). Synonymy established by Illiger (1798: 187).

Distribution.

This Palaearctic subspecies is adventive in North America where it is known from Nova Scotia (NSMC) to Wisconsin (Messer 2010: 35), south to southern Pennsylvania (Bradford and Allegheny Counties, CMNH). The first inventoried specimen collected on this continent was found in the Montreal area in 1933 (Brown 1940a: 69).

Records.

CAN: NB, NS, ON, PE, QC USA: CT, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, PA, VT, WI - Adventive

Note.

The subspecies Blemus discus orientalis Jeannel is known from Yunnan, China.