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 illustris LeConte, 1851 Pterostichus illustris LeConte, 1851: 182. Type locality: "S[an] D[iego] [San Diego County, California]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 172), in MCZ [# 82]. Distribution. As far as known, this species seems to be restricted to southwestern California. Records. USA : CA Note. This name has been listed as a junior synonym of Pterostichus congestus Menetries by LeConte (1858a: 28; 1873a: 304) but, as pointed out by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993: 18), it applies to a distinct species.