Harpalus vittatus alaskensis Lindroth, 1968

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Harpalus vittatus alaskensis Lindroth, 1968

Harpalus alaskensis Lindroth, 1968: 801. Type locality: "7-15 mi[les] N[orth] of New Rampart House, Alaska" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in USNM [# 75705]. Note. New Rampart House was a trading post on the Porcupine River in Yukon Territory near the border with Alaska.

Distribution.

This Holarctic subspecies ranges from eastern Siberia (Kataev et al. 2003: 384) to the Alaska-Yukon border along the Porcupine River. On this continent, the subspecies is known from extant specimens only from the type locality. It was cited as a dominant taxon in a late Pleistocene site in the Klondike region of Yukon Territory (Zazula et al. 2006: 265).

Records.

USA: AK - Holarctic

Note.

This taxon was originally described as a distinct species but Kataev (1990: 396) listed it as a subspecies of Harpalus vittatus Gebler. The nominotypical subspecies and Harpalus vittatus kiselevi Kataev and Shilenkov are found in Asia (Kataevet al. 2003: 384).