Carabus taedatus taedatus Fabricius, 1787

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 195-196

Carabus taedatus taedatus Fabricius, 1787

Carabus taedatus Fabricius, 1787: 196. Type locality: "America boreali" (original citation), restricted to "Unalaska, Aleut[ian] Isl[ands] [Alaska]" by Lindroth (1961a: 38). Two syntypes in BMNH (collection Banks) and ZMUC (Zimsen 1964: 52).

Carabus baccivorus Fischer von Waldheim, 1820: plate 7. Type locality: "insula Unalaschka [Alaska]" (Fischer von Waldheim 1822: 87). Syntype(s) in ZMH (collection Mannerheim) (Silfverberg 1987: 13), SMTD ( Grämer 1960: 100), and probably also in ZMMU (collection Eschscholtz). Synonymy established by LeConte (1857c: 30), confirmed by Edelbrock (1986: 43).

Carabus seriatus Wiedemann [in Wiedemann and Germar], 1821: 109. Type locality: "Unalaschka [Alaska]" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ZMUC). Synonymy established, under the name Carabus baccivorus Fischer von Waldheim, by Mannerheim (1843: 187).

Carabus gladiator Motschulsky, 1866: 285. Type locality: «Hudson-Bay» (original citation), which is likely incorrect. Syntype(s) in ZMMU (Edelbrock 1986: 64) though not listed by Keleinikova (1976). Synonymy established, under the name Carabus taedatus var. baccivorus Fischer von Waldheim, by Horn (1870a: 70), confirmed by Edelbrock (1986: 43).

Distribution.

This subspecies is restricted to southeastern Alaska including the Aleutian Islands (Edelbrock 1986: 49, Fig. 69).

Records.

USA: AK

Note.

1. Edelbrock (1986) studied the geographical variation in Carabus taedatus and recognized four species, and one of them ( Carabus agassii ) was segregated into two subspecies (agassii and franciscanus). I have followed Deuve (1994a: 144) in listing Edelbrock’s species as subspecies. Furthermore I do not recognize the form Carabus agassii franciscanus as subspecifically distinct. 2. This species is placed in the subgenus Oreocarabus Géhin by some authors (e.g., Breuning 1933b: 719; Lorenz 2005: 91).