Diplous aterrimus (Dejean, 1828)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 463

Diplous aterrimus (Dejean, 1828)

Patrobus aterrimus Dejean, 1828: 32. Type locality: «détroit de Norfolk [= Sitka Sound, Baranof Island, Alaska], sur la côte nord-ouest de l’Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP and possibly also in MCZ (collection LeConte).

Patrobus fulcratus LeConte, 1869c: 374. Type locality: Vancouver Island, British Columbia (inferred from title of the paper). Syntype(s) [2 originally cited] in MCZ [# 5594]. Synonymy established by Horn (1875: 130), confirmed by Darlington (1938: 150).

Platidius breviceps Casey, 1918: 402. Type locality: "Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 114), in USNM [# 46074]. Synonymy established by Darlington (1938: 150).

Platidius tenuitarsis Casey, 1918: 403. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 114), in USNM [# 46071]. Synonymy established (as aberration) by Csiki (1928: 342), confirmed by Darlington (1938: 150).

Platidius coloradensis Casey, 1918: 403. Type locality: "Red Cliff [Eagle County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 114), in USNM [# 46072]. Synonymy established (as aberration) by Csiki (1928: 342), confirmed by Darlington (1938: 150).

Platidius reflexus Casey, 1918: 403. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 114), in USNM [# 46073]. Synonymy established (as aberration) by Csiki (1928: 341), confirmed by Darlington (1938: 150).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from northern Northwest Territories and northern Yukon Territory south to central Oregon (Darlington 1938: 150), north-central Utah, and southern Colorado [see Marek and Kavanaugh 2005: Fig. 10].

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (QCI, VCI), NT, YT USA: AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY