Nebria brevicollis (Fabricius, 1792)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 147

Nebria brevicollis (Fabricius, 1792)

Carabus cursor O.F. Müller, 1776: 78 [potential nomen oblitum]. Type locality: environs de Paris (title of Geoffroy’s book). Syntype(s) probably in MHNP. Note. This taxon was first described by Geoffroy (1762: 146) under the name " Bupreste noir à pattes rougeâtres " as mentioned by Müller (1776: 78). Müller (1776: 78) reproduced Geoffroy’s original description in Latin and provided a scientific name. I consider that Müller’s name was made available by a bibliographic reference to a description and as such the type series consists of Geoffroy’s specimens (ICZN 1999: Article 72.4.4).

Carabus rufipes Goeze, 1777: 662 [primary homonym of Carabus rufipes DeGeer, 1774]. Type locality: environs de Paris (title of Geoffroy’s book). Syntype(s) possibly in MHNP. Synonymy established with the name Carabus cursor Müller by Goeze (1777: 662). Note. This taxon was first described by Geoffroy (1762: 146) under the name " Bupreste noir à pattes rougeâtres " as mentioned by Goeze (1777: 662) and the comment made under Carabus cursor also applies here. Goeze (1777: 662) also listed Carabus ruficornis Fabricius, 1775, currently considered a synonym of Harpalus rufipes (DeGeer, 1774), and Carabus cursor Müller, 1776 as synonyms of this taxon.

Carabus brevicollis Fabricius, 1792 [22 December]: 150 [potential nomen protectum]. Type locality: «Germania» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1961a: 78), in ZMUC. Synonymy established by Bedel (1880: 133). Note. Bedel (1881: vii) reported that he had access to the collection of Geoffroy, at the time in the hands of Maurice de Laplanche, which still contained many "authentic types." Therefore it is likely that the synonymy proposed by Bedel (1880: 133) was based upon an examination of the type specimen(s) of the " Bupreste noir à pattes rougeâtres " of Geoffroy (1762) upon which Carabus cursor Müller, 1776 and Carabus rufipes Goeze, 1777 were based.

Carabus infidus Rossi, 1792 ["31 December"]: 88. Type locality: Etruria, Italy (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMHB). Synonymy established by Illiger (1798: 190).

Distribution.

This Palaearctic species is adventive in North America where it is known from the Willamette Valley in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington [see LaBonte 2011: Fig. 4]. Since over 3,000 specimens have been collected, the species is clearly established in the region. The first inventoried specimen found in the area was caught in late 2007 (Kavanaugh and LaBonte 2008: 482). The species has also been collected twice in eastern North America, in Quebec in 1930 and Saint Pierre and Miquelon in 1937 (Lindroth 1961a: 78) but it did not become established in this part of the continent.

Records.

USA: OR, WA - Adventive