Harpalus laevipes Zetterstedt, 1828

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Harpalus laevipes Zetterstedt, 1828

Harpalus laevipes Zetterstedt, 1828: 26. Type locality: "Juckasjervi Lapponiae Tornensis [Sweden]; Bossekop [= Bossogohppi, Finnmark, Norway] prope Altengaard Finmarkiae" (original citation). Four syntypes in ZMLS (Lindroth 1938: 18).

Harpalus quadripunctatus Dejean, 1829: 326. Type locality: "Styrie [Austria]" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 58), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Schaum (1860: 596).

Harpalus impressipennis Motschulsky, 1844: 213 [primary homonym of Harpalus impressipennis Dejean, 1829]. Type locality: "Tourkinsk [= Turka] sur le bord oriental du [Lac] Baïcal» (original citation). Three syntypes in ZMMU (Keleinikova 1976: 200). Synonymy established by Kryzhanovskij et al. (1995: 142).

Harpalus rufimanus LeConte, 1847: 402 [secondary homonym of Harpalus rufimanus (Marsham, 1802)]. Type locality: "Lacum Superiorem" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 58), in MCZ [# 5897]. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus egregius Casey, by Lindroth (1968: 776).

Harpalus alienus LeConte, 1879d: 508 [primary homonym of Harpalus alienus Bates, 1878]. Type locality: "[La] Veta Pass [Costilla County, Colorado]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5912]. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus egregius Casey, by Lindroth (1968: 776).

Harpalus sachalinensis Matsumura, 1911: 110. Type locality: "Kusunnai [Sakhalin, Russia]" (original citation). Holotype (♀) location unknown. Synonymy established by Kataev (in Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995: 142).

Harpalus pimalicus Casey, 1914: 87. Type locality: "base of Humphrey’s Peak [Coconino County], Arizona" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 58), in USNM [# 47774]. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus quadripunctatus Dejean, by Noonan (1991: 58).

Harpalus egregius Casey, 1914: 88. Replacement name for Harpalus alienus LeConte, 1879.

Harpalus instructus Casey, 1924: 107. Type locality: "Edmonton, Alberta" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 138), in USNM [# 47833]. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus egregius Casey, by Lindroth (1968: 776).

Harpalus motschoulskyanus Schauberger, 1928: 80. Replacement name for Harpalus impressipennis Motschulsky, 1844.

Harpalus baergi Csiki, 1932a: 1180. Replacement name for Harpalus rufimanus LeConte, 1847.

Harpalus cascadiensis Hatch, 1949a: 85. Type locality: "Van Horn, Skagit Co[unty], Wash[ington]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in USNM. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus egregius Casey, by Lindroth (1968: 776).

Distribution.

This Holarctic species ranges in North America from Newfoundland to southeastern Alaska (Lindroth 1968: 777), south to west-central Oregon, southern Nevada, southeastern Arizona and south-central New Mexico along the Rocky Mountains, the lower peninsula of Michigan, and southern New York [see Noonan 1991: Fig. 269]. The records from southern Indiana (Wiedenmann et al. 1992: 282, as Harpalus egregius ) and “Iowa” (Jaques and Redlinger 1946: 297, as Harpalus rufimanus ) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (VCI), LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, AZ, CO, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, UT, WA, WI [IA, IN] - Holarctic