Loricera pilicornis pilicornis (Fabricius, 1775)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 260

Loricera pilicornis pilicornis (Fabricius, 1775)

Carabus pilicornis Fabricius, 1775: 243. Type locality: "Anglia [= England]" (original citation). One syntype in BMNH (collection Banks).

Carabus seticornis O.F. Müller, 1776: 79. Type locality: Denmark and Norway (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) probably lost. Synonymy established by Illiger (1798: 193).

Loricera semipunctata Eschscholtz, 1833: 25. Type locality: "bei St. Franzisco [San Francisco County], Californien" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU). Synonymy established, under the name Loricera caerulescens Linnaeus sensu auctorum (= Carabus pilicornis Fabricius), by Horn (1878c: 29).

Loricera rufilabris Motschulsky, 1845b: 340. Type locality: "Kamtschatka [Russia]" (original citation). Nine syntypes in ZMMU (Keleinikova 1976: 215). Synonymy established by Mannerheim (1846: 246).

Loricera californica LeConte, 1863c: 3. Type locality: "San Francisco [San Francisco County], California" (original citation). One syntype in MCZ [# 657]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 123).

Loricera neoscotica LeConte, 1863c: 3. Type locality: "Nova Scotia" (original citation). Two syntypes in MCZ [# 5453]. Synonymy established, under the name Loricera caerulescens Linnaeus sensu auctorum (= Carabus pilicornis Fabricius), by Horn (1878c: 29), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 123).

Loricera uteana Casey, 1920: 147. Type locality: "Provo [Utah County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 113), in USNM [# 46835]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 123).

Loricera pilicornis sierrae Van Dyke, 1925: 113. Type locality: "near Tallac, Lake Tahoe [Placer County], California" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 1618]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 123).

Distribution.

This Holarctic subspecies ranges over most of Europe and a large part of Asia (see Bousquet 2003a: 98) and from the west coast of Alaska above the arctic circle (Lindroth 1961a: 125) to Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 33), south to northern West Virginia (Tucker and Preston Counties, CMNH), western Nebraska (Kimball County, USNM), northern New Mexico (Sandoval and San Miguel Counties, UASM), southern Arizona (Greenlee County, UASM), and the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California (Fall 1901a: 40, as Loricera californica ).

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY - Holarctic