Pterostichus sierranus Casey, 1913

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 537

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scientific name	Pterostichus sierranus Casey, 1913
status

Treatment

Pterostichus sierranus Casey, 1913: 124. Type locality: "Lake Tahoe and Merced Cr[eek], California" (original citation), restricted to "Lake Tahoe [Placer County]" by Bousquet (1999: 180). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 180), in USNM [# 47028].

Distribution.

This species is known only from Placer (Casey 1913: 124) and Tuolumne Counties (Dajoz 2007: 17) in the Sierra Nevada.

Records.

USA: CA

Note.

Casey (1913) based the description of this species on two specimens, one from Lake Tahoe, the other from Merced Creek. The specimen from Merced Creek was later (Casey 1918: 335) considered a distinct species which Casey named Hypherpes mercedianus .