Pterostichus patruelis (Dejean, 1831)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 505-506

Pterostichus patruelis (Dejean, 1831)

Feronia patruelis Dejean, 1831: 759. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "W[est] Roxbury [Suffolk County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1966: 505). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP.

Argutor bicolor Kirby, 1837: 30. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 104), in BMNH. Synonymy established by LeConte (1870: 396), confirmed by Bousquet (1999: 104).

Argutor linearis Mannerheim, 1853: 126. Type locality: "ad ostia fl[umen] Kaktnu [= Kenai River] peninsulae Kenai [Alaska]" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 505). Synonymy established by Hamilton (1894a: 9).

Distribution.

This species occurs from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 91) to the Gulf Coast of Alaska (Lindroth 1966: 506), south at least to northeastern Washington (Pend Oreille County, CNC), eastern Kansas (Popenoe 1877: 23; Lindroth 1966: 505), and southwestern Virginia (Hoffman 1998: 39).

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV