Harpalus desertus LeConte, 1859

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Harpalus desertus LeConte, 1859

Harpalus desertus LeConte, 1859c: 3. Type locality: "near Santa Fé [Santa Fe County, New Mexico]" (original citation as deduced from page vi). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 5907].

Harpalus furtivus LeConte, 1865b: 103. Type locality: "Colorado Territory" (original citation), restricted to «Colorado» by Noonan (1991: 116). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5905]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 116).

Harpalus lucidus LeConte, 1865b: 104 [primary homonym of Harpalus lucidus Morawitz, 1863]. Type locality: "Nebraska [Territory], near the Rocky Mountains [probably in present day Colorado]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5908]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 810).

Harpalus clandestinus LeConte, 1878a: 450. Type locality: "[Fort] Garland (8,000 feet) [Costilla County], Col[orado]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 3904]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 116).

Harpalus lustrans Casey, 1884a: 64. Replacement name for Harpalus lucidus LeConte, 1865.

Harpalus probatus Casey, 1914: 119. Type locality: "Jemez Springs [Sandoval County], New Mexico" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 117), in USNM [# 47849]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 117).

Harpalus nitescans Casey, 1914: 119. Type locality: "Socorro Co[unty], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 116), in USNM [# 47847]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 117).

Harpalus clientus Casey, 1914: 120. Type locality: "Socorro Co[unty], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1991: 116), in USNM [# 47850]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 116).

Harpalus malacus Casey, 1914: 121. Type locality: "New Mexico" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47848]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 116).

Harpalus illectus Casey, 1914: 121. Type locality: "Virgin River [Clark County], Utah" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47852]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 116).

Harpalus nugax Casey, 1914: 122. Type locality: "New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Noonan (1991: 117), in USNM [# 47851]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 117).

Harpalus vacivus Casey, 1914: 123. Type locality: "Jemez Springs [Sandoval County], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 140), in USNM [# 47853]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 810).

Harpalus socors Casey, 1914: 124. Type locality: «Arizona» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 117), in USNM [# 47854]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 117).

Harpalus curticornis Casey, 1914: 124. Type locality: "Salida [Chaffee County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 116), in USNM [# 47853]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 116).

Harpalus cyrtonotoides Notman, 1919b: 234 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: «Col[orado]» (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 ♂ originally cited] location unknown (originally in collection C.W. Leng). New synonymy. Note. Harpalus cyrtonotoides is here considered a doubtful synonym of Harpalus desertus LeConte based on comment made by Ball and Bousquet (2000: 98).

Harpalus maxwelli Casey, 1924: 108. Type locality: "Maxwell [Colfax County], New Mexico" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47856]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 117).

Harpalus dulciculus Casey, 1924: 109. Type locality: "Akron [Washington County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 140), in USNM [# 47830]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 810).

Harpalus captiosus Casey, 1924: 110. Type locality: "Akron [Washington County], Colorado" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47831]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 810).

Harpalus metuens Casey, 1924: 110. Type locality: «Arizona» (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 140), in USNM [# 47829]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 810).

Harpalus maxwellensis Csiki, 1932a: 1183. Unjustified emendation of Harpalus maxwelli Casey, 1924.

Harpalus couleensis Hatch, 1949a: 87. Type locality: "Upper Grand Coulee [Grant County, Washington]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in USNM. Synonymy established, under the name Harpalus lustrans Casey, by Hatch (1953: 171), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 810).

Distribution.

This western species occurs from south-central British Columbia to western Minnesota (Gandhi et al. 2005: 930), south to east-central and westernmost Texas, southern Arizona, and northern California [see Noonan 1991: Figs 279-282].

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, SK USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY

Note.

Noonan (1991: 119-124) recognized two morphs within this species, the desertus and furtivus morphs, that Lindroth (1968: 809) regarded as distinct species. Noonan (1991: 124) indicated that intergradation between the two morphs occurs throughout the areas in which the furtivus morph occurs.