Harpalus reversus Casey, 1924

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 698-699

Harpalus reversus Casey, 1924

Harpalus funestus LeConte, 1847: 402 [primary homonym of Harpalus funestus Audinet-Serville, 1821]. Type locality: "prope Long’s Peak [Boulder County, Colorado], Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 66), in MCZ [# 5902].

Harpalus reversus Casey, 1924: 103. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County], Michigan" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 138), in USNM [# 47794]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 779).

Harpalus funerarius Csiki, 1932a: 1182. Replacement name for Harpalus funestus LeConte, 1847.

Distribution.

With the exception of two specimens labeled from "British Columbia" and “Victoria” on Vancouver Island (Noonan 1991: 70), this species occurs east of the Rocky Mountains from central Alberta to the Quebec City area (Larochelle 1975: 87, map 302), south to Massachusetts, northwestern Pennsylvania (Erie County, Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 2012), southern Kansas, central New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona [see Noonan 1991: Fig. 271]. This species is much more abundant in the prairies of central North America and both Lindroth (1968: 779; 1971: 1456, 1457) and Noonan (1991: 69) concluded that the species was originally an inhabitant of the prairies that expanded its range eastwards after humans cut down forests in the east.

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, ON, QC, SK USA: AZ, CO, IA, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NY, PA, SD, VT, WI, WY [BC]