Bembidion rupicola (Kirby, 1837)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 371

Bembidion rupicola (Kirby, 1837)

Peryphus rupicola Kirby, 1837: 53. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River] and 65° [= apparently region of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories]" (original citation), restricted to "Edmonton, Al[ber]ta" by Lindroth (1963b: 336). Two syntypes in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 176).

Bembidion aversans Casey, 1924: 35. Type locality: «Mexico» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Erwin (1984a: 181), in USNM [# 36941]. Synonymy established by Erwin (1984a: 181).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from the Ontario Peninsula (Bousquet 1987a: 120) to southern British Columbia, north to western Alaska (Lindroth 1963b: 337-338), south to northern Oregon (Gilliam and Morrow Counties, CMNH; Hatch 1953: 90; Lindroth 1963b: 337), southern Arizona (Dajoz 2007: 21), western Texas (Jeff Davis County, MCZ), and northwestern Pennsylvania (Warren and Forest Counties, CMNH). The species has been reported also from “Mexico” (Casey 1924: 35, as Bembidion aversans ). The record from “California” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 138) was based on a misidentified specimen of Bembidion petrosum in MCZ.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK USA: AK, AZ, CO, IA, ID, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY - Mexico