Stereocerus rubripes (Motschulsky, 1860)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 502

Stereocerus rubripes (Motschulsky, 1860)

Steroderus rubripes Motschulsky, 1860: 94. Type locality: «Sibérie arctique" (original citation), restricted to "Anadyr [Russia]" by Lindroth (1969a: 1119). One syntype in ZMMU (Lindroth 1969a: 1119).

Pterostichus kryzhanovskii Lindroth, 1966: 533. Type locality: "Atkasuk [= Atqasuk], Meade R[iver], Alaska" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in MCZ [# 33502]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1969a: 1119). Etymology. The specific name was proposed in honor of Oleg Leonidovich Kryzhanovskij [1918-1997], one of the leading Russian entomologists of his time. A veteran of World War II, Kryzhanovskij worked at the Zoological Institute of Saint Petersburg on taxonomy of various groups of beetles with a special interest in Carabidae and Histeridae . He was also known for his work on biogeography.

Distribution.

This Holarctic species ranges from the northern part of European Russia (Bousquet 2003d: 517) to the Arctic Slope in northern Alaska. The record from "Yukon Territory" (Ball and Currie 1997: 452) could not be confirmed.

Records.

USA: AK [YT] - Holarctic