Pterostichus lanei Van Dyke, 1926

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 513

Pterostichus lanei Van Dyke, 1926

Pterostichus lanei Van Dyke, 1926a: 76. Type locality: "Wawawai [Whitman County], Washington" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 1828]. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Merton C. Lane [1893-1965] who worked as an entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture in the Walla Walla field office in Washington. Heading the USDA’s Pacific Northwest Wireworm Project, Lane became an authority on the biology and taxonomy of the Pacific Northwest elaterids.

Distribution.

This species is known from a few localities in southeastern Washington and west-central Idaho (Bousquet 1985a: 259).

Records.

USA: ID, WA