Anisodactylus nigrita Dejean, 1829

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Anisodactylus nigrita Dejean, 1829

Anisodactylus nigrita Dejean, 1829: 149. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Forest Hills [Suffolk County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1968: 852). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1996: 53), in MHNP.

Harpalus interpunctatus Kirby, 1837: 42. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1996: 53), in BMNH. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1953b: 174).

Anisodactylus lecontei Chaudoir, 1868b: 161 [primary homonym of Anisodactylus lecontei Gemminger and Harold, 1868]. Type locality: "provinciis mediis" (original citation for Anisodactylus nigrita Dejean sensu LeConte, 1847). Two syntypes in MCZ. New synonymy. Note. This name was proposed for Anisodactylus nigrita Dejean, 1829 sensu LeConte (1847: 379). LeConte’s collection contains four specimens under the name Anisodactylus nigrita . They are labeled as follow: 1. (♂) "[white disc above, yellow under] / = type de nigrita Dej [handwritten] / A. nigrita Dej. [handwritten];" 2. (♀) "[pink under] / nigrita 2 [handwritten];" 3. (♀) "[white disc above, yellow under] / nigrita 3 [handwritten];" 4. (♀) "[pink under] / 260. [handwritten] / var. interpunctatus (? Kirby) Lec. [handwritten] / nigrita 4 [handwritten]." The two specimens with pink discs (= middle states) are probably syntypes. Lindroth (1968: 853) listed this name with doubt as a synonym of Anisodactylus kirbyi Lindroth. However, all four specimens in LeConte’s collection are conspecific with members of Anisodactylus nigrita Dejean.

Distribution.

This species ranges from Nova Scotia to southern British Columbia, south to southern Washington, Colorado along the Rocky Mountains, Nebraska, and eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina along the Appalachian Mountains [see Noonan 1996: Fig. 239]. A few specimens simply labeled from California, Kansas, and Mississippi are known. The record from southwestern Alabama ( Löding 1945: 25) is probably in error.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK USA: CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV [CA, KS, MS]