Pterostichus gelidus Scudder 1877 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Alternative combination: Loxandrus gelidus

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. Description of two species of Carabidae found in the interglacial deposits of Scarboro Heights, near Toronto, Canada. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:763-764

Belongs to Pterostichus according to S. H. Scudder 1900

See also Scudder 1877, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: Pterostichus (Argutor), Pterostichus (Bothriopterus), Pterostichus (Cryobius), Pterostichus (Eosteropus), Pterostichus (Hypherpes), Pterostichus (Lamenius), Pterostichus (Lenapterus), Pterostichus (Leptoferonia), Pterostichus (Melanius), Pterostichus (Metallophilus), Pterostichus (Phonias), Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus), Pterostichus (Steropus), Pterostichus abnormis, Pterostichus abrogatus, Pterostichus cancellatus, Pterostichus costatus, Pterostichus depletus, Pterostichus destitutus, Pterostichus destructus, Pterostichus distinctus, Pterostichus dormitans, Pterostichus fernquisti, Pterostichus fractus, Pterostichus gracilis, Pterostichus gurnetensis, Pterostichus laevigatus, Pterostichus melanarius, Pterostichus minor, Pterostichus minutulus, Pterostichus molestus, Pterostichus niger, Pterostichus nigrita, Pterostichus parens, Pterostichus pumpellyi, Pterostichus strenuus, Pterostichus stygicus, Pterostichus sublaevis, Pterostichus tundrae, Pterostichus vernalis, Pterostichus vetustus, Pterostichus walcotti

Type specimen: Hinde 14521, an exoskeleton (parts of broken body). Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection)

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