Bembidion breve (Motschulsky, 1845)

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Bembidion breve (Motschulsky, 1845)

Peryphus brevis Motschulsky, 1845a: 28. Type locality: "Sitka [Baranof Island, Alaska]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 16), in ZMMU.

Notaphus incertus Motschulsky, 1845b: 350. Type locality: «île Sitka [= Baranof Island, Alaska]" (original citation). One possible syntype in MCZ (Lindroth 1963b: 272). Synonymy established by Netolitzky (1935a: 23), confirmed by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 16).

Peryphus tetraglyptus Mannerheim, 1853: 151. Type locality: "insula Kadjak [Alaska]" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1963b: 273), in ZMH. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Hayward (1897: 133), confirmed by Lindroth (1963b: 273).

Bembidion blanditum Casey, 1918: 23. Type locality: "Metlakatla, British Columbia" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 116), in USNM [# 36829]. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Hatch (1953: 84), confirmed by Lindroth (1963b: 273).

Bembidion saturatum Casey, 1918: 24. Type locality: "Placer Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 117), in USNM [# 36831]. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Lindroth (1963b: 273).

Bembidion ampliatum Casey, 1918: 24. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 117), in USNM [# 36828]. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Lindroth (1963b: 273).

Bembidion lividulum Casey, 1918: 25. Type locality: "Placer Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 117), in USNM [# 36830]. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Lindroth (1963b: 273).

Bembidion improvisum Casey, 1918: 25. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 117), in USNM [# 36832]. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Lindroth (1963b: 273).

Bembidion testatum Casey, 1918: 30. Type locality: "Lake Tahoe [Nevada County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Erwin (1984a: 174), in USNM [# 36842]. Synonymy established, under the name Bembidion incertum (Motschulsky), by Erwin (1984a: 174).

Distribution.

The range of this species extends from the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska coast to southwestern Yukon Territory (Lindroth 1963b: 273, as Bembidion incertum ), south to north-central New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 157; Hayward 1897: 68, as Bembidion incertum ) along the Rocky Mountains and to the Sierra Nevada in eastern California (Casey 1918: 30, as Bembidion testatum ).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (QCI), YT USA: AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, WA, WY