Philophuga viridis amoena (LeConte, 1846)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 832

Philophuga viridis amoena (LeConte, 1846)

Cymindis amoena LeConte, 1846b: 188. Type locality: «Long’s Peak [Boulder County, Colorado], Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Larson (1969: 42), in MCZ [# 5822].

Philophuga canora Casey, 1913: 174. Type locality: «Texas» (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♀), designated by Larson (1969: 42), in USNM [# 47669]. Synonymy established by Larson (1969: 42).

Philophuga puella Casey, 1913: 176. Type locality: "Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Larson (1969: 42), in USNM [# 47671]. Synonymy established by Larson (1969: 42).

Philophuga obscura Casey, 1924: 91. Type locality: "Lake George, New York" (original citation), which is incorrect. Lectotype [as holotype] (♀), designated by Larson (1969: 42), in USNM [# 47674]. Synonymy established by Larson (1969: 42).

Distribution.

The range of this subspecies extends from southern Manitoba to south-central British Columbia, south to northern Oregon, Colorado (Larson 1969: 42-43), and east-central Kansas (Knaus 1907: 233). The records from "New Mexico" and “Utah” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 281), based on misplaced dots on Larson’s (1969) figure 59, are in error; those from “Oklahoma” (Arnold 2008) and “Texas” (Casey 1913: 174, as Philophuga canora ) need confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, SK USA: CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, OR, WA, WY [OK, TX]