Agonum cupripenne (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 756-757

Agonum cupripenne (Say, 1823)

Feronia cupripennis Say, 1823a: 50. Type locality: "Fall River [Bristol County], Mass[achusetts]" (neotype label). Neotype (♀), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 347), in MCZ [# 33014]. Note. Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 347) reported that the neotype was from "W[est] Roxbury [Suffolk County], Mass[achusetts]" but the label on the specimen indicates that it was collected at Fall River, Massachusetts.

Agonum nitidulum Dejean, 1828: 143. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 20). Synonymy established by LeConte (1869b: 248), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 20).

Agonum gemmeum Casey, 1920: 103. Type locality: «Kansas» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 127), in USNM [# 47457]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 591).

Agonum tahoense Casey, 1920: 106. Type locality: "Truckee [Nevada County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Liebherr (1991a: 118), in USNM [# 47460]. Synonymy established by Liebherr (1991a: 118).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from Cape Breton Island (Lindroth 1954c: 305) to Vancouver Island (LeConte 1869c: 370), north to west-central Northwest Territories (Bousquet 1987a: 125), south to the Sierra Nevada in California (Casey, 1920: 106, as Agonum tahoense ; Dajoz 2007: 16), southeastern Arizona (Greenlee County, UASM), New Mexico (Wickham 1896c: 133; Fall and Cockerell 1907: 159; Cibola County, CMNH), “Kansas” (Lindroth 1966: 591), Tennessee (Sevier County, CNC), and northern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 34). The record from “Louisiana” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 256) needs confirmation.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (VCI), MB, NB, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY [LA]