Pterostichus soperi Ball, 1966

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Pterostichus soperi Ball, 1966

Pterostichus soperi Ball, 1966a: 26. Type locality: "Aklavik, N[orth]w[est] T[erritories]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 9316]. Etymology. This species was named after the Canadian Joseph Dewey Soper [1893-1982], arctic explorer, zoologist, and prolific author. Soper, as biologist for the Canadian Wildlife Service, made important contributions to the knowledge of arctic birds and mammals and to arctic geography.

Distribution.

This species is known from the Norton Sound Inlet in western Alaska to the Coronation Gulf in northern Nunavut (Ball 1966a: 28-29).

Records.

CAN: NT, NU, YT USA: AK