Carabus VI-punctatus Carabus sexpunctatus Carabus muelleri Carabus sexpunctatus Carabus parumpunctatus Platynus hardyi Platynus hornii Agonum decorum Agonum decorum Agonum muelleri Platynus hardyi Agonum muelleri Agonum decorum Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet, Yves ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 6653F BCCEBDDC-B61E-5C78-6B53-D94F5EEC48EF (Herbst, 1784) Herbst 1784 Insecta Carabidae Agonum GBIF Animalia Agonum muelleri Coleoptera 752 753 Arthropoda species muelleri   Carabus VI-punctatusO.F. Mueller, 1776: 78 [primary homonym of  Carabus sexpunctatusLinnaeus, 1758]. Type locality: Denmark and Norway (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) lost.  Carabus muelleriHerbst, 1784: 139. Replacement name for  Carabus sexpunctatus Mueller, 1776. Etymology. The specific name was proposed in honor of Otto Friedrich Mueller[1730-1784], a Danish naturalist, theologian, linguist, and trumpet player. Followinghis marriage in 1773, Muellerbecame financially independent and devoted himself exclusively to science.  Carabus parumpunctatusFabricius, 1792: 157. Type locality: "Germania"(original citation). Two syntypes in ZMUC (Zimsen 1964: 57). Synonymy established by Illiger (1798: 195).  Platynus hardyiLeConte, 1879b: 53. Type locality: "Newfoundland"(original citation). Three syntypes [3 originally cited] in MCZ [# 28696]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 141), confirmed by Lindroth (1954b: 138).  Platynus horniiHausen, 1890: 235. Type locality: "S[ain]te-Rose [= Laval] and Ile Perrot, P[rovince of] Q[uebec]" (original citation). Syntypes presumably lost. New synonymy. Note. Lindroth (1966: 629) listed this name as synonym of  Agonum decorum(Say, 1823) on the basis of an "authentic ♂," labeled "Montreal. Hausen" in the CNC. Unfortunately the specimen could not be located. However, there is serious doubt that the specimen was really a syntype. Hausen (1890: 236) stated that "on being shown a specimen, Dr. Horn declared he doubted the American origin of this species." It would have been surprising that Horn did not recognize  Agonum decorum. On the other hand,  Agonum muelleriwas little known in North America, being first noticed by LeConte in 1879 when he described it under the name  Platynus hardyi. The description is poor but seems to fit better  Agonum muellerithan  Agonum decorum, particularly the size (0.375 in = 9.5 mm).  Distribution. This Palaearctic species is adventive in North America where it is known from west-central Alberta (Emerald Lake, Gerald J. Hilchie pers. comm. 2009) and southern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1966: 593), to northwestern California (Humboldt County, James R. LaBonte pers. comm. 1992) in the west and from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 121) to northeastern Minnesota (Kamal J.K. Gandhi pers. comm. 2008), south to northeastern Iowa (Larsen and Purrington 2010: 570) and northeastern West Virginia (Tucker County, CMNH) in the east. The first inventoried specimen collected in the east was found in Newfoundland around 1840 (Lindroth 1955a: 122) and in the west in 1933 (Lindroth 1966: 593; Leech 1935: 122, as  Platynus hardyi). The species is also adventive in Hawaii (Liebherr et al. 2009: 98).  Records.  FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC (VCI), NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC USA: CA, CT, IA, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV - Adventive