Amara (Reductocelia), Lafer, 1989

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Subgenus Reductocelia Lafer, 1989

Reductocelia Lafer, 1989: 165. Type species: Amara kuznetzovi Lafer, 1989 (= Amara chalcophaea sachalinica Hieke, 1999) by original designation. Etymology. From the Latin reducto (reduce) and the generic name Celia [q.v.], probably alluding to the absence of the lateromedial setae on the pronotum of the adult [feminine].

Bradycelia Lafer, 1989: 166. Type species: Amara nigromontana Lafer, 1989 (= Amara lucens Baliani, 1943) by original designation. Synonymy established by Hieke (1997: 229). Etymology. Probably from the generic names Bradytus [q.v.] contracted and Celia [q.v.] [feminine].

Diversity.

Twenty species (Hieke 2007) in northern North America (one Holarctic species) and eastern Asia.

Identification.

Hieke (1999a) revised the species of this subgenus. Subsequently, ten new Chinese species were described.