Harpalus paratus Casey, 1924

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 689

Harpalus paratus Casey, 1924

Harpalus paratus Casey, 1924: 100. Type locality: "Akron [Washington County], Colorado" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Ball and Anderson (1962: 73), in USNM [# 47771].

Harpalus spaldingi Casey, 1924: 103. Type locality: "Vineyard [Utah County], Utah" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47768]. Synonymy established by Ball and Anderson (1962: 74).

Distribution.

This primarily prairie species ranges from southeastern Michigan to southern Alberta, south to central Arizona and the Rio Grande Basin in south-central Texas [see Ball and Anderson 1962: Fig. 39]. According to Ball and Anderson (1962: 76), the species is also found in “Mexico.” The records from “Arkansas” and “Pennsylvania” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 232) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, SK USA: AZ, CO, IA, ID, IN, KS, MI, MN, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, UT, WI [AR, PA] - Mexico