A redescription of Blethisa multipunctata aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Elaphrinae)

Blethisa aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 is redescribed based on recently collected specimens. The taxon is kept as a subspecies of B. multipunctata (Linnaeus 1758). This subspecies is known from forested regions on the Pacific watershed of Russia and Hokkaido (Japan), and Alaska (United States) a...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: GOULET, HENRI, SH., GERMAN S. LAFER, MORITA, SEIJI
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2009
Subjects:
Coleoptera
Blethisa aurata
description
distribution
taxonomy
Blethisa inexspectata
Blethisa hudsonica
Canada
Northwest Territories
Pacific
Yukon
Subarctic
Alaska
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2121.1.3
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2121.1.3
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Summary:Blethisa aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 is redescribed based on recently collected specimens. The taxon is kept as a subspecies of B. multipunctata (Linnaeus 1758). This subspecies is known from forested regions on the Pacific watershed of Russia and Hokkaido (Japan), and Alaska (United States) and subarctic regions of the Northwest Territories (Canada). Blethisa inexspectata Goulet and Smetana, 1983 is a new synonym of B. multipunctata aurata. The remaining North American specimens originally assigned under B. multipunctata aurata (boreal east of Yukon and the Rocky Mountains) belong to B. hudsonica Casey, new status.

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