Chlaenius purpuricollis Randall, 1838

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 625

Chlaenius purpuricollis Randall, 1838

Chlaenius purpuratus T.W. Harris, 1836: 67 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: North America (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) lost. Note. This species was briefly described mainly by comparison with two specimens that Harris attributed with doubt to Chlaenius aestivus . Its identity is doubtful but for convenience the name is listed in synonymy with Chlaenius purpuricollis .

Chlaenius purpuricollis Randall, 1838b: 35. Type locality: Massachusetts (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) lost. New synonymy.

Chlaenius frostii Carr, 1920: 219. Type locality: "Edmonton, Al[ber]ta" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CNC [# 440]. New synonymy. Note. Bell (1960: 136) retained Chlaenius frostii Carr as a subspecies but I believe, as done implicitly by Lindroth (1969a: 994), that the form does not warrant subspecific status.

Chlaenius punctipennis Casey, 1920: 298. Type locality: "Wildur [= Wilbur, Lincoln County], Washington" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 144), in USNM [# 47715]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 162).

Distribution.

This species is found from southern Quebec (Lindroth 1969a: 994) to southeastern British Columbia (CNC), north to Fort Smith in southern Northwest Territories (Bousquet 1987a: 132), south to Oregon (Bell 1960: 136), New Mexico (Perrault 1970: 56), Kansas (Popenoe 1878: 78; Bell 1960: 136), and "New Jersey" (Smith 1890: 92; Smith 1910: 213).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK USA: CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, UT, WA, WI, WY