Pterostichus arcticola (Chaudoir, 1868)

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Pterostichus arcticola (Chaudoir, 1868)

Feronia arcticola Chaudoir, 1868b: 339. Type locality: «Groenland» (original citation), which is incorrect (Ball 1966a: 29); «Labrador» selected by Ball (1966a: 29), herein restricted to Hopedale (see Ball 1966a: 35). Lectotype (♂), designated by Ball (1966a: 29), in MHNP.

Feronia labradorensis Chaudoir, 1868b: 340. Type locality: «Labrador» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Ball (1966a: 29).

Distribution.

This species ranges from the Labrador coast and Baffin Island to central Alaska, south at least to central British Columbia (Summit Lake, CNC); isolated on the Adirondack Mountains of New York, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the Shickshock Mountains in Gaspé Peninsula [see Ball 1963: Fig. 8; Nielsen et al. 1987: Fig. 17d; Ball and Currie 1997: Fig. 2]. Fossil remnants of this species, dated between about 16,700 and 18,100 years B.P., have been unearthed in southeastern Iowa (Baker et al. 1986: 96).

Records.

CAN: BC, LB, MB, NT, NU, QC, YT USA: AK, ME, NH, NY