Pterostichus lama ( Menetries , 1843)

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Pterostichus lama ( Menetries, 1843)

Feronia atra Dejean, 1828: 339 [secondary homonym of Pterostichus ater (Sahlberg, 1817)]. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to Lake Tahoe, Placer County (see Casey, 1913: 97, as Holciophorus pollens ). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP (Lindroth 1966: 458).

Feronia lama Ménétriés, 1843: 60. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to Lake Tahoe, Placer County (see Casey, 1913: 97). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 458). Synonymy established by LeConte (1853a: 250).

Percus aterrimus Motschulsky, 1845b: 341. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU though not listed in Keleinikova 1976). Synonymy established by Motschulsky (1845b: 341).

Holciophorus vancouveri Casey, 1913: 97. Type locality: "Victoria, Vancouver Island [British Columbia]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 122), in USNM [# 46974]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1953: 107), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 458).

Holciophorus pollens Casey, 1913: 97. Type locality: "Lake Tahoe [Placer County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 122), in USNM [# 46975]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 458).

Holciophorus cephalus Casey, 1913: 98. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM. Synonymy established, under the name Pterostichus pollens (Casey), by Casey (1924: 68).

Holciophorus domitor Casey, 1913: 98. Type locality not stated. Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 122), in USNM. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 458).

Distribution.

This large species is found from the Queen Charlotte Islands (Kavanaugh 1992: 70) south to southern California (Fall 1901a: 44, as Pterostichus ater ; Will and Gill 2008: 124), including Washoe County in northwestern Nevada (La Rivers 1946: 102, as Feronia ater ).

Records.

CAN: BC (QCI, VCI) USA: CA, NV, OR, WA