Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Nebria metallica Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 Nebria metallica Fischer von Waldheim, 1820: plate 6. Type locality: "insula Unalaschka [Alaska]" (Fischer von Waldheim 1822: 72). Lectotype (♂), designated by Kavanaugh (1979a: 112), in ZMMU. Nebria pacifica Chaudoir, 1850a: 424. Type locality: "Otahiti [= Tahiti]" (original citation), which is incorrect. Lectotype [as holotype], designated by Perrault (1980: 29), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Baenninger (1932: 178). Distribution. This species ranges from the Aleutian Islands south to western Montana (Hatch 1939a: 118) and southern Washington (Kavanaugh 1978: 775-778). A few specimens labeled from Arizona, California, and Oregon are known (Kavanaugh 1978: 778) but considered doubtful. The record from Colorado (Elias 1987: 632) is in error (David H. Kavanaugh pers. comm. 2012). Records. CAN : AB, BC (VCI) USA : AK, ID, MT, WA [AZ, CA, OR]