Dyschirius politus politus (Dejean, 1825)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 303

Dyschirius politus politus (Dejean, 1825)

Clivina polita Dejean, 1825: 422. Type locality: "environs de Paris; aussi en Allemagne" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP.

Dyschirius irkutensis Fleischer, 1899: 11, 23. Type locality: "Quellgebiet des Irkut [= Irkutsk, Russia]" (original citation). At least one syntype in NMP (Fedorenko 1996: 160). Synonymy established by Ganglbauer (1906: 266).

Dyschirius aureolus Notman, 1920b: 26. Type locality: "Schoharie [Schoharie County], N[ew] Y[ork]" (original citation). Two syntypes [2 ♂ originally cited] in SIM (Hennessey 1990: 466). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1954b: 122).

Dyschirius politus jenisseiensis G. Müller, 1924: 68. Type locality: "Dudinka, nella regione del fiume Jenissei [Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, northern Russia]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] location unknown. Synonymy established by Fedorenko (1992: 102).

Distribution.

This Holarctic subspecies is known from the British Islands to eastern Siberia, as far south as Italy, Bulgaria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia (Balkenohl 2003: 226), and in the Nearctic Region from Alaska (Lindroth 1961a: 146) to Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 36), south to southwestern Pennsylvania (Allegheny County, CMNH), eastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 16), northern New Mexico (Rio Arriba County, USNM), northeastern Nevada (Elko County, MCZ), and southwestern California (Los Angeles County, CAS).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, CA, CO, ID, MA, ME, MI, MT, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY - Holarctic

Note.

The subspecies Dyschirius politus chamunensis Fedorenko and Dyschirius politus meridianus Fedorenko occur in Asia.