Chlaenius sericeus (Forster, 1771)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 614-615

Chlaenius sericeus (Forster, 1771)

Carabus sericeus Forster, 1771: 58. Type locality: "America septentrionali" (original citation), restricted to "W[est] Roxbury [Suffolk County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1969a: 982). Syntype(s) probably lost (Lindroth 1969a: 982).

Carabus forsteri Turton, 1802: 464. Unnecessary replacement name for Carabus sericeus Forster, 1771. Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Johann Reinhold Forster [1729-1798], an English Lutheran pastor who served as naturalist on James Cook’s second circumnavigation of the globe on the Resolution . He was the father of the naturalist Georg Adam Forster [1754-1794] who often travelled with him.

Chlaenius viridifrons Eschscholtz, 1833: 27. Type locality: "bei St. Franzisco [San Francisco County], Californien" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU). New synonymy.

Chlaenius perviridis LeConte, 1847: 434. Type locality: "ad Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5856]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1856b: 27) and Chaudoir (1856: 286).

Chlaenius regularis LeConte, 1851: 179. Type locality: "ad flumina Colorado et Gila" (original citation). One syntype in MCZ [# 73]. Synonymy established, under the name Chlaenius sericeus var. perviridis LeConte, by Chaudoir (1876b: 218).

Chlaenius regularis apacheanus Casey, 1914: 34. Type locality: "Arizona (southwestern) and the adjacent parts of California" (original citation). Five syntypes [5 originally cited] in USNM [# 47700]. Synonymy established, under the name Chlaenius sericeus regularis LeConte, by Bell (1960: 126).

Chlaenius sericeus uteanus Casey, 1914: 35. Type locality: "Provo [Utah County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 144), in USNM [# 47701]. Synonymy established by Bell (1960: 123).

Chlaenius sierricola Casey, 1914: 36. Type locality: "Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras Co[unty], California" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47711]. New synonymy.

Distribution.

This transamerican species ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 135) to southwestern British Columbia (Lindroth 1969a: 983), south to southern California (Bell 1960: 125, 127), Chihuahua (Davidson 1980: 84) and northern Sonora (Bates 1884: 267, as Chlaenius regularis ) in Mexico, and central Florida (Peck and Thomas 1998: 20).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY - Mexico

Note.

Bell (1960: 123-128) recognized four subspecies within Chlaenius sericeus : sericeus s.str., regularis, viridifrons, and sierricola, all separated by color and relatively minor differences in the pronotum shape.