Bembidion inaequale Say, 1823

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Bembidion inaequale Say, 1823

Bembidium inaequalis Say, 1823b: 151. Type locality: "M[oun]t Pleasant [Henry County], I[ow]a" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 335), in MCZ [# 33073]. Note. "near Engineer Cantonment [winter quarter along the west bank of the Missouri River north of modern Omaha, Nebraska]" was the area originally cited by Say (1823b: 152).

Bembidium arenarium Dejean, 1831: 80. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 13). Synonymy established by LeConte (1847: 452), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 13).

Bembidium lacustre LeConte, 1847: 451. Type locality: "Lacum Superiorem" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♀), designated by Maddison (1993: 191), in MCZ [# 5491]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 81), confirmed by Lindroth (1954b: 124).

Bembidion opaciceps Casey, 1918: 8. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 115), in USNM [# 36794]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1962: 7).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Cape Breton Island to western Alaska, south to northwestern California, south-central Colorado, northern Kansas, southeastern Louisiana (East Baton Rouge Parish, Igor M. Sokolov pers. comm. 2009), northern Alabama, and northern Georgia [see Maddison 1993: Fig. 273]. The records from “Florida,” “Arkansas,” and “Texas” (Hayward 1897: 44) are probably in error.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (QCI, VCI), MB, NB, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY