Pterostichus femoralis (Kirby, 1837)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 505

Pterostichus femoralis (Kirby, 1837)

Argutor femoralis Kirby, 1837: 30. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation), restricted to "Edmonton, Al[ber]ta" by Lindroth (1966: 504). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 103), in BMNH.

Pterostichus desidiosus LeConte, 1863c: 11. Type locality: "western states" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 104), in MCZ [# 5649]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1873a: 309), confirmed by Bousquet (1999: 104).

Micromaseus aequicollis Casey, 1918: 379. Type locality: "S[ain]t Louis, Missouri" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47074]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 504).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from the Saguenay River in Quebec (Larochelle 1975: 101) to east-central British Columbia (Jarrett and Scudder 2001: 383), south to northeastern New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 158; San Miguel County, MCZ), the Texas Panhandle (Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 2008), and the District of Columbia (Ulke 1902: 6). The records from “Georgia” (J.E. LeConte 1849: 26) and southern Louisiana (Summers 1874a: 80) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK USA: AR, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TX, VT, WI [GA, LA]