Pterostichus congestus ( Menetries , 1843)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 535-536

Pterostichus congestus ( Menetries, 1843)

Feronia congesta Ménétriés, 1843: 59. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to Anderson Valley, Mendocino County (see Casey, 1913: 105, as Pterostichus breviusculus ). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 168), in ZMH.

Brachystylus curtipennis Motschulsky, 1859a: 148. Type locality: "St. Francisco [California]" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 12), in ZMMU. Synonymy established by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 12).

Pterostichus breviusculus Casey, 1913: 105. Type locality: "Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 166), in USNM [# 46992]. New synonymy (Serge Laplante pers. comm. 1998).

Pterostichus breviusculus mimus Casey, 1913: 105. Type locality: "Sonoma Co[unty], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Bousquet (1999: 166), in USNM [# 46990]. New synonymy (Serge Laplante pers. comm. 1998).

Pterostichus plutonicus Casey, 1913: 106. Type locality: "coast regions north of San Francisco, California" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 177), in USNM [# 46991]. New synonymy (Serge Laplante pers. comm. 1998).

Distribution.

This species is found along the Coast Ranges from Oregon (Lane County, CNC) to southern California (Fall 1901a: 44).

Records.

USA: CA, OR