Nebria sahlbergii sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim, 1828

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Nebria sahlbergii sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim, 1828

Nebria sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim, 1828: 254. Type locality: "Sitcha [= Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Kavanaugh (1979a: 115), in ZMH. Etymology. The specific name honors the Finnish naturalist Carl Reinhold Sahlberg [1779-1860] who worked mainly on beetles. Sahlberg was professor of economic and natural history at the Academy of Åbo and, after the destruction of the city and university by fire, at the University of Helsinki.

Nebria violacea Motschulsky, 1850a: 73. Type locality: "Sitka [Baranof Island, Alaska]" (original citation for Nebria sahlbergii var. in Mannerheim, 1843). Lectotype (♂), designated by Kavanaugh (1979a: 115), in ZMH. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 68). Note. Nebria violacea was proposed for Mannerheim’s (1843: 189) var. b of Nebria sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim; therefore the description is by indication. The lectotype designated by Kavanaugh (1979a: 115) is the same specimen he designated as lectotype of Nebria sahlbergii Fischer von Waldheim, 1828.

Nebria aleuta Van Dyke, 1924a: 5. Type locality: "Mount Makushin, Unalaska Island, Alaska" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CAS [# 3342]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1961a: 68).

Distribution.

This subspecies ranges from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska (Lindroth 1961a: 70) to southwestern Northwest Territories (Tungsten, David H. Kavanaugh pers. comm. 2008), south to northwestern Montana (Edwards 1975: 50) and southern Oregon [see Kavanaugh 1988: Fig. 20]. The records from New Mexico (Snow 1885: 66; Fall and Cockerell 1907: 156), Colorado (Wickham 1902: 232; Armin 1963: 94), and Wyoming (Lavigne 1977: 46) are probably in error.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC (QCI, VCI), NT, YT USA: AK, MT, OR, WA

Note.

This species is placed in the lyelli group by Ledoux and Roux (2005: 195).