Sphaeroderus canadensis canadensis Chaudoir, 1861

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 153

Sphaeroderus canadensis canadensis Chaudoir, 1861

Sphaeroderus canadensis Chaudoir, 1861b: 498. Type locality: "environs de la rivière Ottawa, Canada" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Sphaeroderus palpalis Motschulsky, 1866: 312. Type locality: «Hudson-Bay» (original citation), which is incorrect. Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Kryzhanovskij (1968: 186), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Roeschke (1907a: 262), confirmed by Kryzhanovskij (1968: 186).

Sphaeroderus canadensis blanchardi Leng, 1916: 41. Type locality: "Randolph [Coos County], N[ew] H[ampshire]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 4375]. Synonymy established by Darlington (1933a: 62).

Distribution.

The range of this subspecies extends from Cape Breton Island to southern Ontario (Lindroth 1961a: 28), south to the Black Mountains in North Carolina (Darlington 1933a: 64). The record from "South Carolina" (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 78) refers to Sphaeroderus canadensis lengi ; that from “Michigan” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 78) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: NB, NS (CBI), ON, QC USA: CT, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV [MI]