Pterostichus moestus (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 525

Pterostichus moestus (Say, 1823)

Feronia moesta Say, 1823a: 42. Type locality: "Asheville [Buncombe County], N[orth] C[arolina]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 341), in MCZ [# 33044].

Evarthrus perseverus Motschulsky, 1866: 260. Type locality: «Am[érique] bor[ éale]» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1984a: 2), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Bousquet (1984a: 2).

Distribution.

This species occurs from the neighborhood of New York City (Schaupp 1883b: 31; Ulster County, CMNH) to northeastern Ohio (Lee 1994: 60), south along the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 25; CNC) and northwestern South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 67). The record from “Indiana” (Schrock 1985: 354) needs confirmation. The old records from Ontario and Quebec (see Lindroth 1966: 497) and Lake Superior (LeConte 1853a: 247) were based on misidentified or mislabeled specimens.

Records.

USA: DC, DE, GA, KY, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA, WV [IN]