Anisodactylus nigerrimus (Dejean, 1831)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 645

Anisodactylus nigerrimus (Dejean, 1831)

Harpalus nigerrimus Dejean, 1831: 842. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Marion [Plymouth County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1968: 850). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 30; Noonan 1996: 65).

Harpalus laticollis Kirby, 1837: 43. Type locality: northern parts of British America (inferred from title of the book). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in BMNH. Synonymy established by LeConte (1850: 208), confirmed by Lindroth (1953b: 174).

Anisodactylus punctulatus LeConte, 1863c: 14. Type locality: "Middle States" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Noonan (1996: 65), in MCZ [# 5955]. Synonymy established by Horn (1880d: 177), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 851).

Harpalus opacus Casey, 1884b: 8. Type locality: "eastern Pennsylvania" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47910]. Synonymy established by Horn (1885b: 109), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 851).

Distribution.

This species is found from Newfoundland to western Ontario, south to northwestern Arkansas, southern Mississippi, and northern Georgia, west to eastern Kansas and Nebraska [see Noonan 1996: Fig. 245]. Seven specimens labeled from “Texas,” "South Dakota," “California,” southwestern Saskatchewan, and southeastern Alberta are also known (Noonan 1996: 135-138). Several specimens were recently caught in the southern Similkameen Valley in British Columbia (Smith et al. 2004: 96) suggesting that the range of the species extends farther west or that the species was introduced in the area; a misidentification is also possible.

Records.

CAN: NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV [AB, BC, CA, SD, SK, TX]