Agonum quinquepunctatum Motschulsky, 1844

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 759

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Agonum quinquepunctatum Motschulsky, 1844
status

Treatment

Agonum 5-punctatum Motschulsky, 1844: 137. Type locality: "Koul [Lake Baikal district, Siberia, Russia] au dela du Baïcal» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1966: 594), in ZMH.

Platynus perforatus LeConte, 1863c: 9. Type locality: "Methy [Portage] [= Portage La Loche, northern Saskatchewan], Hudson’s Bay Territory" (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5776]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 594). Note. Concerning the type locality, see “Note” under Pelophila rudis .

Distribution.

This Holarctic species is found in eastern Siberia (Bousquet 2003c: 451) and in North America from Alaska (Lindroth 1966: 595) to Labrador (Goose Bay, CNC). The record from “Newfoundland” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 258) refers to Labrador. Fossil remnants of this species, dated between about 14,000 and 18,100 years B.P., have been unearthed in central and southeastern Iowa (Baker et al. 1986: 96; Schwert 1992: 78).

Records.

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