Carabus taedatus agassii LeConte, 1850

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Carabus taedatus agassii LeConte, 1850

Carabus agassii LeConte, 1850: 209. Type locality: «Kakàbeka [Ontario]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 619]. Etymology. The specific was proposed in honor of the Swiss zoologist, geologist, paleontologist, and nomenclatorist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz [1807-1873], one of the best-known scientists of his time. In his late 30s, Agassiz moved to United States and became professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University where he founded the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1859 and served as the museum’s first director until his death. Agassiz is remembered today for his theories on ice ages and other scientific accomplishments but also for his scientific racism and his resistance to Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Carabus oregonensis LeConte, 1854a: 16. Type locality: "Prairie Paso [= possibly Bear Prairie Pass, Lewis County, Washington]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 620]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1933b: 719).

Carabus taedatus var. canadicus Roeschke, 1900: 69. Type locality: "Canada, wenigstens über den östlichen» (original citation). Syntype(s) in DEI (Edelbrock 1986: 64). Synonymy established by Breuning (1933b: 719).

Carabus patulicollis Casey, 1913: 57. Type locality: "probably Colorado" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 46053]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 39)

Carabus taedatus montanicus Casey, 1913: 58. Type locality: "Coeur d’Alene [Kootenai County], Idaho" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 46051]. Synonymy established by Breuning (1933b: 719).

Carabus franciscanus Casey, 1913: 58. Type locality: "coast region near San Francisco, California" (original citation), which is probably incorrect (Lindroth 1961a: 38). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 46054]. New synonymy.

Carabus stocktonensis Casey, 1920: 155. Type locality: "Eureka and Stockton, Utah" (original citation). Two syntypes in USNM [# 46056]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 39).

Carabus taedatus coloradensis Breuning, 1933b: 719. Type locality: "Longs Peak [Boulder County], Colorado" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in ZMUA (Boer 2002: 41). Synonymy established, under the name Carabus taedatus patulicollis Casey, by Van Dyke (1945a: 113).

Distribution.

This subspecies ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 25) to Yukon Territory, south to the Sierra Nevada in east-central California, southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and southwestern South Dakota (Purrington et al. 2002: 202) [see Edelbrock 1986: Fig. 69].

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (QCI), MB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY