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 Harpalus ellipsis LeConte, 1847 Harpalus ellipsis LeConte, 1847: 400. Type locality: "Territorio Missouriensi" (original citation), herein restricted to Halsey, Thomas County, Nebraska (see Noonan 1991: 148). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 143), in MCZ [# 5893]. Harpalus vespertinus Casey, 1884b: 10. Type locality: "Arizona" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotype] (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 143), in USNM [# 47826]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 143). Harpalus fractus Casey, 1924: 107. Type locality: "Akron [Washington County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 143), in USNM [# 47838]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 143). Harpalus provensis Casey, 1924: 113. Type locality: "North Fork, Provo Canon [Utah County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Noonan (1991: 143), in USNM [# 47834]. Synonymy established by Noonan (1991: 143). Distribution. The range of this species extends from central Alberta and southern Saskatchewan south to southwestern Texas and southeastern Arizona; seemingly isolated in Minnesota (Gandhi et al. 2005: 930) and northwestern Oregon [see Noonan 1991: Fig. 287]; also recorded from northern Sonora in Mexico (Bates 1884: 271). Records . CAN : AB SK USA : AZ, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, NE, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT, WY - Mexico