Pterostichus empetricola (Dejean, 1828)

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Pterostichus empetricola (Dejean, 1828)

Feronia empetricola Dejean, 1828: 331. Type locality: «île d’Ounalaschka, l’une des îles Aleutiennes [Alaska]" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♀), designated by Ball (1966a: 122), in MHNP.

Cryobius ruficollis Mannerheim, 1853: 131. Type locality: "insula Afognak [Alaska]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy; designated lectotype by Ball (1966a: 122)] (♀) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Poppius (1906b: 65), confirmed by Ball (1966a: 122).

Cryobius rotundicollis Mannerheim, 1853: 132 [secondary homonym of Pterostichus rotundicollis (Duftschmid, 1812)]. Type locality: "insula Atkha [= Atka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in ZILR. Synonymy established by Ball (1966a: 122).

Cryobius pacificus Poppius, 1906b: 184. Type locality: "Sibir[ia] or[ientali] [Russia]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♀), designated by Ball (1966a: 122), in ZMH. Synonymy established by Ball (1966a: 122).

Pterostichus globicollis Csiki, 1930: 654. Replacement name for Pterostichus rotundicollis (Mannerheim, 1853).

Distribution.

This Holarctic species ranges from the Kuril and Commander Islands (Eremin 1998: 298) on the east coast of Asia to southern Yukon Territory, including Kodiak and Aleutian Islands, south to west-central British Columbia (Lemieux and Lindgren 2004: 562) [see Ball 1963: Fig. 3].

Records.

CAN: BC, YT USA: AK - Holarctic

Note.

Lindroth (1966: 524) stated that the taxonomic status of this taxon as a distinct species from Pterostichus brevicornis Kirby is questionable. Ball (1966a: 123) evoked the fact that the taxon may be regarded as a "parthenogenetic race" of Pterostichus brevicornis . Both authors concluded that this taxon is parthenogenetic since, as far as known, no males have been found to date that could be associated with it. This is also the case for the Asian specimens studied by Eremin (1998).