Patrobus foveocollis (Eschscholtz, 1823)

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Patrobus foveocollis (Eschscholtz, 1823)

Platysma foveocollis Eschscholtz, 1823: 105. Type locality: "Unalaschka [Aleutian Islands, Alaska]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in ZMH (Silfverberg 1987: 16) and possibly also in ZMMU (Lindroth 1961a: 185). Note. This species was also made available the same year by an illustration in Fischer von Waldheim (1823: plate 19, figure 5).

Pterostichus tenuis LeConte, 1850: 207. Type locality: Lake Superior (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5590]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1955a: 85).

Patrobus angusticollis Mannerheim, 1853: 146. Type locality: "ad sinum Woskresensk [= Resurrection Bay] peninsulae Kenai [Alaska]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP (collection Chaudoir, see Chaudoir 1872a: 45). Synonymy established, under the name Patrobus foveocollis tenuis (LeConte), by Darlington (1938: 167).

Patrobus obtusiusculus Chaudoir, 1872a: 43. Type locality: "Terre de Rupert près de la baie d’Hudson» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) probably in MHNP. Synonymy established with doubt, under the name Patrobus foveocollis tenuis (LeConte), by Darlington (1938: 167).

Patrobus laeviceps Casey, 1918: 397. Type locality: "W[est] S[ain]t Modest[e], Labrador" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 114), in USNM [# 46060]. Synonymy established, under the name Patrobus foveocollis tenuis (LeConte), by Darlington (1938: 167), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 185).

Patrobus insularis Casey, 1918: 397. Type locality: "S[ain]t Paul Island, Alaska" (original citation), which is doubtful (Lindroth 1961a: 24, 185-186). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 114), in USNM [# 46059]. Synonymy established, under the name Patrobus foveocollis tenuis (LeConte), by Darlington (1938: 167), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 185).

Distribution.

This Holarctic species is found in easternmost Siberia (Zamotajlov 2003b: 285) and on this continent from Alaska, south of the Arctic Circle and including the Aleutian and Kodiak Islands (Lindroth 1961a: 186), to Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 85), south to Mont Katahdin in Maine, the White Mountains in New Hampshire (Darlington 1938: 169), the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York (Notman 1928: 221, as Patrobus septentrionis var. tenuis), the upper peninsula of Michigan along Lake Superior (Hubbard and Schwarz 1878: 629, as Patrobus tenuis ), northeastern Minnesota (Gandhi et al. 2005: 925), northern Wyoming (Johnson County, CMNH), and northern British Columbia (Lindroth 1961a: 186); isolated in high mountains in Colorado (Darlington 1938: 169; Armin 1963: 191).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, CO, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, VT, WY - Holarctic