Agonum harrisii LeConte, 1846

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 767

Agonum harrisii LeConte, 1846

Agonum harrisii LeConte, 1846b: 225. Type locality: «Massachusetts» (original citation). One syntype in MCZ [# 5766]. Etymology. The specific name honors Thaddeus William Harris [1795-1856], American entomologist and botanist. Harris first made his living as a physician but soon became librarian at Harvard University. He also taught natural history at Harvard but never achieved full-time professorship. Harris is best known for his work on economic entomology and is often viewed as the founder of applied entomology in the United States.

Agonum mordax Casey, 1920: 113. Type locality: "Beaver Dam [Dodge County], Wisconsin" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 128), in USNM [# 47474]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 609).

Agonum aethiops Casey, 1920: 116. Type locality: "probably British America" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47475]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 609).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Cape Breton Island (Lindroth 1954c: 306) to Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1966: 609), south to “Oregon” (CAS), north-central Idaho (Idaho County, CNC), southeastern Wyoming (Lavigne 1977: 43), southern Minnesota (Hennepin County, CNC), northeastern Illinois (Purrington et al. 2002: 200), and southeastern Virginia (Surry County, CMNH). The record from “Nebraska” (Bousquet and Larochelle 1993: 257) is probably in error.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (VCI), MB, NB, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY