Amara basillaris (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 593-594

Amara basillaris (Say, 1823)

Feronia basillaris Say, 1823a: 35. Type locality: "Dover [Norfolk County], Mass[achusetts]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 343), in MCZ [# 33028].

Amara lucidula Dejean, 1828: 477. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). Two syntypes in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 17). Synonymy established by LeConte (1855: 351), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 17).

Amara marylandica Casey, 1884b: 4. Type locality: "banks of the Potomac River, below Washington, Maryland" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 31228]. Synonymy established by Horn (1885b: 108), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 735).

Distribution.

This species ranges from "New Hampshire" (Hayward 1908: 54) to southeastern South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 27), south to Oklahoma (Alfalfa and Logan Counties, CMNH, USNM), northeastern Georgia (Clarke County, USNM), and central South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 74). One old specimen labeled “Tex” (USNM) is known.

Records.

USA: CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MN, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, VA, WV [TX]