Pterostichus hornii LeConte, 1873

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 537

Pterostichus hornii LeConte, 1873

Pterostichus hornii LeConte, 1873a: 313. Type locality: "S[outh]E[ast] Sierras of California" (original citation), herein restricted to near Fort Tejon, Kern County (see Van Dyke 1927a: 196). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 5610]. Etymology. The specific name honors George Henry Horn [1840-1897], long-time friend of J.L. LeConte. An obstetrician by profession, Horn devoted his leisure to taxonomic studies of North American beetles. Along with his mentor LeConte, he coauthored in 1883 the Classification of the Coleoptera of North America which was a stepping-stone for the development of coleopterology on this continent.

Distribution.

This species is known from a few localities in the southern parts of the Sierra Nevada. The record from Baja California (Horn 1894: 308) needs confirmation.

Records.

USA: CA