Pterostichus californicus (Dejean, 1828)

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Pterostichus californicus (Dejean, 1828)

Feronia californica Dejean, 1828: 222. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County (see Casey 1913: 114, as Pterostichus cupidus ). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP.

Pterostichus simplex LeConte, 1851: 181. Type locality: "San Jose [Santa Clara County, California]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 167), in MCZ [# 81]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1857c: 8).

Brachystylus amplicollis Motschulsky, 1859a: 146. Type locality: Californie (inferred from title of the paper). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 167), in MCZ [# 8233]. Synonymy established by LeConte (1873a: 304).

Brachystylus parallelus Motschulsky, 1859a: 147 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: "St. Francisco [San Francisco County, California]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13), in ZMMU. Synonymy established with doubt by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 13).

Pterostichus cupidus Casey, 1913: 114. Type locality: "Hoopa Valley, Humboldt Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 167), in USNM [# 47014]. Synonymy established by Erwin et al. (1977: 4.36), confirmed by Bousquet (1999: 167).

Pterostichus diabolus Casey, 1913: 120. Type locality: "M[oun]t Diablo [Contra Costa County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 169), in USNM [# 47036]. New synonymy (Serge Laplante pers. comm. 1998).

Distribution.

As far as known, the range of this species extends along the Coast Ranges of California from Humboldt County (Casey 1913: 114, as Pterostichus cupidus ) to Santa Clara County (LeConte 1851: 181, as Pterostichus simplex ).

Records.

USA: CA