Harpalus megacephalus LeConte, 1847

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 695

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scientific name	Harpalus megacephalus LeConte, 1847
status

Treatment

Harpalus megacephalus LeConte, 1847: 397. Type locality: "Lacum Superiorem" (original citation), herein restricted to Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan (see Hubbard and Schwarz 1878: 629). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 108), in MCZ [# 5888].

Distribution.

This species ranges from Maine (Piscataquis County, CNC) and northern New Brunswick (Webster and Bousquet 2008: 20) west to Manitoba and Minnesota (Lindroth 1968: 785), south to the Black Hills in western South Dakota (CMNH). The record from the Ungava Bay in Labrador (Sherman 1910: 181) is probably in error.

Records.

CAN: MB, NB, ON, QC USA: ME, MI, MN, SD, WI

Note.

This species is externally very similar to Harpalus fulvilabris and Lindroth (1968: 783) included these two species in one species group. However, Noonan (1991) listed the two species in different species groups suggesting that the similarities are probably due to convergent evolution.