Agonum melanarium Dejean, 1828

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 768

Agonum melanarium Dejean, 1828

Feronia scutellaris Say, 1823b: 146 [nomen dubium]. Type locality not stated. Syntype(s) lost. Note. LeConte (1879b: 56) remarked that this species was based on "a distorted specimen [of Agonum melanarium ], the name is therefore rejected."

Agonum melanarium Dejean, 1828: 152. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Arlington [Middlesex County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1966: 599). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 20). Synonymy established by LeConte (1879b: 56).

Agonum maurum Haldeman, 1843b: 300. Type locality: southeastern Pennsylvania (Haldeman 1843a: 297). One possible syntype, a ♂ labeled "[pink disc] / P. melanarius (Dej.) Lec.A. maurum Hald. Fer. scutellaris Say [handwritten]," in MCZ (collection LeConte). Synonymy established by LeConte (1846b: 225).

Agonum nitidum T.W. Harris [in Scudder], 1869: 230 [nomen dubium]. Type locality not stated. Syntype(s) lost. Synonymy established with doubt by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 12).

Agonum politulum T.W. Harris [in Scudder], 1869: 230. Type locality not stated. Syntype(s) lost. Synonymy established by LeConte (in Scudder 1869: 230).

Agonum militare Casey, 1920: 114. Type locality: "West Point [Orange County], New York" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47473]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 600).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from Cape Breton Island (Lindroth 1954c: 306) to southwestern British Columbia (Lindroth 1966: 600), south to northwestern California (Trinity County, CNC), northern Colorado (Haubold 1951: 705; Armin 1963: 150), west-central Kansas (Trego County, CNC), and North Carolina (Haywood County, CNC).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY