Elaphrus lecontei Crotch, 1876

Fleming, K. J. & Beresford, D. V., 2019, Range Updates for Eight Species of the Subfamily Elaphrinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Ontario'S Far North and Akimiski Island, Nunavut, Canada, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (2), pp. 433-439 : 437

Elaphrus lecontei Crotch

Elaphrus lecontei is widely distributed across North America (Fig. 2f). The majority of records occur on the western half of North America (from Manitoba west to the Pacific coast), with Goulet (1983) noting a single record in Moosonee, Ontario (www.gbif.org/species/1035550). However, Bousquet (2012) reports records from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Québec, and Saskatchewan. Our record is the first for E. lecontei in Nunavut and extends the known range of E. lecontei north by approximately 200 km in eastern North America (Fig. 2f). Adults of E. lecontei are found in sheltered areas on sunexposed alkaline beaches of lakes, marshes, and creeks. The species exhibits two color forms, green and copper (Goulet 1983). The specimens we collected from Akimiski Island were of both color forms.