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 Pterostichus amethystinus Mannerheim, 1843 Pterostichus amethystinus Mannerheim, 1843: 201. Type locality: "insula Sitkha [= Baranof Island, Alaska]" (original citation). Syntype(s) location unknown (Lindroth 1966: 464). Pterostichus amethystinus novellus Casey, 1913: 102. Type locality: Hydesville, Valley of Eel River, Humboldt County, California (lectotype label according to Lindroth 1975: 123). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 123), in USNM [# 46981]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1936: 701), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 464). Pterostichus amethystinus metlakatlae Casey, 1913: 102. Type locality: "Metlakatla, British Columbia" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 123), in USNM [# 46983]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1936: 701), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 464). Pterostichus jejunus Casey, 1913: 104. Type locality: "probably California" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 46986]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1966: 464). Hypherpes stoicus Casey, 1924: 68. Type locality: "Inverness [probably Inverness Passage], British Columbia" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 123), in USNM [# 46980]. Synonymy established by Hatch (1936: 701), confirmed by Lindroth (1966: 464). Distribution. This species is found along the Pacific Coast from the Yakutat Bay in southeastern Alaska (Lindroth 1966: 465) to Mendocino County in California (Van Dyke 1919b: 5). Records. CAN : BC (QCI, VCI) USA : AK, CA, OR, WA