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 mercedianus (Casey, 1918) Hypherpes mercedianus Casey, 1918: 335. Type locality: "Merced Creek [Mariposa County], California" (original citation). One syntype in USNM [# 47031]. Hypherpes protensipennis Casey, 1918: 336. Type locality: "Berkeley [Alameda County], Cal[ifornia]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 177), in USNM [# 47029]. New synonymy (Serge Laplante pers. comm. 1998). Distribution. This species is known from the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada in central California. Records. USA : CA