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 Poecilus laetulus (LeConte, 1863) Pterostichus laetulus LeConte, 1863c: 10. Type locality: "San Jose [Santa Clara County, California]" (original citation for Poecilus occidentalis Dejean sensu LeConte, 1853). Lectotype (♂), designated by Bousquet (1999: 62), in MCZ [# 5635]. Note. This name was proposed for Pterostichus occidentalis (Dejean, 1828) sensu LeConte (1853a: 253). By an unfortunate error, LeConte (1863c: 10) used the specific name californicus instead of occidentalis . Distribution. This species ranges from southeastern Washington (Hatch 1953: 115) to southern California (Fall 1901a: 44; Moore 1937: 9) and southern Arizona (Wickham 1898: 300). The records from New Mexico (Wickham 1896a: 157; Fall and Cockerell 1907: 158) and northeastern Kansas (Popenoe 1878: 78) are probably based on misidentified specimens. Records. USA : AZ, CA (CHI), OR, WA