Elaphrus lapponicus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1810

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Elaphrus lapponicus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1810

Elaphrus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1810: 8. Type locality: «Lapponia» (original citation), restricted to "Abisko, Swed[en]" by Lindroth (1961a: 111). Syntype(s) in GNM (Lindroth 1961a: 111).

Elaphrus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1828: 266. Type locality: "Kamtschatka [Russia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in ZMH (Lindroth 1961a: 111) and SMTD ( Grämer 1960: 102). Synonymy established by Dejean (1831: 587), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 111).

Elaphrus obscurior Kirby, 1837: 63. Type locality: "Lat. 65° [= apparently region of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 177). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1953b: 177).

Distribution.

This Holarctic subspecies is widely distributed in the subarctic areas. In the Palaearctic Region, it ranges from the British Isles to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and in the Nearctic Region from Alaska to Labrador [see Goulet 1983: Fig. 157]. Fossil remnants of this species, dated between 10,100 and 20,700 years B.P., have been unearthed in southern Quebec (Mott et al. 1981: 146), southern Ontario (Morgan and Morgan 1981: 1107), Illinois (Schwert 1992: 76), and southeastern Iowa (Baker et al. 1986: 96); others, believed to be 2.0-2.5 million years old, have also been found in Greenland and Meighen Island (Bennike and Böcher 1990: 336; Böcher 1995: 22).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: AK - Holarctic