Pterostichus malkini (Hatch, 1953)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 531

Pterostichus malkini (Hatch, 1953)

Anilloferonia malkini Hatch, 1953: 119. Type locality: "Charleston, Coos Co[unty], Ore[gon]" (original citation). Holotype (♀) in USNM. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Borys Malkin [1917-2009], ethnologist, naturalist, collector, photographer, and filmmaker (a documentary). Malkin, a Polish immigrant to the United States, collected beetles in the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Europe, Africa, and across the United States. He sold his North American beetle collection to the Field Museum of Natural History in June 1959.

Distribution.

This taxon is confined to the Coast Ranges in southwestern Oregon (James R. LaBonte pers. comm. 1994).

Records.

USA: OR