Pterostichus coracinus (Newman, 1838)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 517-518

Pterostichus coracinus (Newman, 1838)

Feronia coracina Newman, 1838a: 386. Type locality: "northern states of America" (original citation, see page 388), restricted to "Rumney [Grafton County], N[ew] H[ampshire]" by Lindroth (1966: 494). Syntype(s) lost (Lindroth 1966: 494).

Feronia monedula Newman, 1838a: 386 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: "northern states of America" (original citation, see page 388). Syntype(s) probably lost (Lindroth 1966: 494). Synonymy established with doubt by LeConte (1873a: 317).

Feronia moerens Newman, 1838a: 387. Type locality: "northern states of America" (original citation, see page 388). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1966: 494), in BMNH. Synonymy established by LeConte (1870: 399), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Pterostichus adiunctus LeConte, 1853a: 245. Type locality: "Lake Superior" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 138), in MCZ [# 5631]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1870: 399), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Pterostichus flebilis LeConte, 1853a: 245. Type locality: "Lake Superior" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5632]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1870: 399), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Pterostichus erebeus Casey, 1913: 134. Type locality: "Bayfield [Bayfield County], Wisconsin" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 124), in USNM [# 47063]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia roanica Casey, 1920: 188. Type locality: "Roan Mountain, North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 124), in USNM [# 47059]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia coracina venator Casey, 1920: 189. Type locality: "Danville [Montour County], Pennsylvania" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 124), in USNM [# 47060]. Synonymy established by Nicolay and Weiss (1934: 204), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia coracina ludibunda Casey, 1920: 189. Type locality: "Buena Vista Spring, Franklin Co[unty], Pennsylvania" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 124), in USNM [# 47061]. Synonymy established, under the name Pterostichus coracinus erebeus Casey, by Nicolay and Weiss (1934: 206), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia lacustris Casey, 1924: 71. Type locality: "near Chicago, Illinois" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 124), in USNM [# 47062]. Synonymy established by Nicolay and Weiss (1934: 204), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia strigosula Casey, 1924: 72. Type locality: "Hagerstown [Washington County], Maryland" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 124), in USNM [# 47056]. Synonymy established, under the name Pterostichus coracinus roanicus (Casey), by Nicolay and Weiss (1934: 205), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia washingtonensis Nicolay and Weiss, 1934: 203. Type locality: "slopes of M[oun]t Madison [Coos County], New Hampshire" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in MCZ [# 22985]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Euferonia washingtonensis var. rufitarsis Nicolay and Weiss, 1934: 204. Type locality: "Black Mountain, North Carolina" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in MCZ [# 22986]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 494).

Distribution.

This species is found from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 86) to eastern South Dakota (French et al. 2004: 557), north to the James Bay area in Quebec (Larochelle 1975: 86), south along the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Tennessee (Nicolay and Weiss 1934: 206, as Euferonia coracina roanica ) and northern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 24). The record from the Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota (Stockton 1954: 15) is doubtful.

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: LB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC USA: CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV