Calosoma tepidum LeConte, 1852

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 182-183

Calosoma tepidum LeConte, 1852

Calosoma tepidum LeConte, 1852a: 199. Type locality: «Oregon» (original citation), herein restricted to Oregon City, Clackamas County (see Breuning 1928a: 89). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 631].

Calosoma irregulare Walker, 1866: 312. Type locality: British Columbia (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in BMNH). Synonymy established by Horn (1870a: 70).

Calosoma tepida caelator Casey, 1913: 61. Type locality: "Coeur d’Alene [Kootenai County], Idaho" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 37101]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1928a: 88), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 51).

Calosoma tepida indigens Casey, 1913: 61. Type locality: «Oregon» (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 37099]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1928a: 88), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 51).

Calosoma pellax Casey, 1920: 160. Type locality: "probably Oregon or adjacent region" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 37100]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1928a: 88), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 51).

Calosoma semicuprea Casey, 1920: 161. Type locality: "probably northern Rocky Mountain region" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 37102]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1928a: 88), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 51).

Calosoma cogitans Casey, 1920: 161. Type locality: "Stockton [Tooele County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 111), in USNM [# 37103]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1928a: 88), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 52).

Distribution.

This species is found from Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1961a: 52) to “Nebraska,” south to “Colorado” (Gidaspow 1959: 264) and southern California (La Rivers 1947: 136). The records from "North Dakota" (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 73) and “Alberta” (Burgess and Collins 1917: 107) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: BC (VCI) USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY [AB, ND]

Note.

Obydov (2003: 536), based on a study of two specimens only, concluded that Calosoma cogitans Casey represents a valid subspecies of Calosoma tepidum LeConte. I agree with Gidaspow (1959: 263) and Lindroth (1961a: 52) that the name does not apply to a distinct taxon.