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HENRI GOULET, GERMAN S. LAFER & SEIJI MORITA
A redescription of Blethisa multipunctata aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828
(Coleoptera: Carabidae: Elaphrinae)
Zootaxa 2121: 27-34 (2009)
Copyright © 2009 Magnolia Press, ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition)
Abstract
Blethisa aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 is redescribed based on recently collected specimens. The taxon is kept as a
subspecies of B. multipunctata (Linnaeus 1758). This subspecies is known from forested regions on the Pacific
watershed of Russia and Hokkaido (Japan), and Alaska (United States) and subarctic regions of the Northwest Territories
(Canada). Blethisa inexspectata Goulet and Smetana, 1983 is a new synonym of B. multipunctata aurata. The remaining
North American specimens originally assigned under B. multipunctata aurata (boreal east of Yukon and the Rocky
Mountains) belong to B. hudsonica Casey, new status.