Pelophila borealis (Paykull, 1790)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 127

Pelophila borealis (Paykull, 1790)

Carabus borealis Paykull, 1790: 51. Type locality: "Karungi Botniae occidentalis [Norrbotten County, Sweden]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in NRSS.

Pelophila gebleri Mannerheim, 1823: 38. Type locality: "Sibiria ad Barnaul [Altai Kray, Russia]" (original citation). One syntype in ZMH (Silfverberg 1987: 17). Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 22).

Pelophila marginata Mannerheim, 1823: 39. Type locality: "peninsula Kamschatka ad portum St. Petri et Pauli [apparently the town of Petropawlowsk, see Lindroth (1961a: 74)]" (original citation). One syntype in ZMH (Silfverberg 1987: 20). Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 22).

Pelophila eschscholtzii Mannerheim, 1823: 40. Type locality: "insula Unalaschka [Aleutian Islands, Alaska]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1961a: 57), in ZMH. Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 22), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 57).

Pelophila elongata Mannerheim, 1823: 41. Type locality: "peninsula Kamschatka ad portum St. Petri et Pauli [apparently the town of Petropawlowsk, see Lindroth (1961a: 74)]" (original citation). One syntype in ZMH (Silfverberg 1987: 15). Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 22).

Pelophila borealis var. arctica Dejean, 1826: 265. Type locality not stated. Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in MHNP). Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 22).

Pelophila borealis var. dejeanii Dejean, 1826: 265. Type locality: "environs de Barnaoul, Sibérie [Altai Kray, Russia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Synonymy established by Dejean (1833: 22).

Pelophila laevigata Motschulsky, 1844: 92. Type locality: «près de la redoute Yamyschevo non loin du fleuve Irtych [Siberia, Russia]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in ZMMU (Keleinikova 1976: 202). Synonymy established by Bänninger (1930: 101).

Pelophila californica Motschulsky, 1844: 93. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), which is incorrect (Lindroth 1961a: 57). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMMU though not listed in Keleinikova 1976). Synonymy established by Bänninger (1930: 101).

Pelophila ochotica R.F. Sahlberg, 1844: 17. Type locality: "in monte Morikan [Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Kray, Siberia, Russia]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] location unknown (possibly in ZMUT). Synonymy established by Bänninger (1930: 101).

Pelophila angusticollis Motschulsky, 1860: 98. Type locality: «Kamtschatka» (original citation). Five syntypes in ZMMU (Keleinikova 1976: 186). Synonymy established by Shilenkov (1994: 9).

Pelophila ulkei G.H. Horn, 1870b: 105. Type locality: «Hudson’s Bay Territory" (original citation), restricted to "Gillam, Manit[oba]" by Lindroth (1961a: 58). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ (collection LeConte). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 57).

Pelophila shermani Casey, 1913: 45. Type locality: "West S[ain]t Modest[e], Labrador" (original citation). Five syntypes [5 originally cited] in USNM [# 46844]. Synonymy established, under the name Pelophila borealis ulkei Horn, by Bänninger (1930: 102), confirmed by Lindroth (1961a: 57). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for John Dempster Sherman [1872-1960], dealer of entomological and related books and periodicals.

Distribution.

This species is found from northern Europe to the Bering Sea coast ( Farkač 2003: 98) and from Alaska, including the Aleutian and Kodiak Islands, to Newfoundland, south to the Abitibi region in western Quebec (Larochelle 1975: 98) [see Lindroth 1963a: Fig. 59]. Fossil remnants of this species, dated between about 14,000 and 18,100 years B.P., have been unearthed in southeastern Iowa (Baker et al. 1986: 96; Schwert 1992: 76) and southern Ontario (Morgan and Morgan 1981: 1107).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: AK - Holarctic