Amara californica californica Dejean, 1828

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Amara californica californica Dejean, 1828

Amara californica Dejean, 1828: 474. Type locality: «Californie» (original citation), herein restricted to San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County (see Casey, 1918: 294, as Amara perspecta ). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 17).

Amara mexicana Dejean, 1831: 792. Type locality: «Mexique» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Hieke (1975: 318).

Celia championi Bates, 1882a: 77. Type locality: "Quezaltenango, 7800 ft. [Guatemala]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hieke (1990: 219), in BMNH. Synonymy established by Hieke (1990: 219).

Amara robustula G.H. Horn, 1892b: 32. Type locality: «California» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 3154]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 138).

Celia consors Casey, 1918: 250. Type locality: "Salazar, Mex[ico], Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotypus] (♀), designated by Hieke (1993: 122), in USNM [# 47251]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 122).

Celia gnara Casey, 1918: 255. Type locality: "near the city, Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype [as typus] (♀), designated by Hieke (1993: 125), in USNM [# 47261]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 125).

Amara perspecta Casey, 1918: 294. Type locality: "San Clemente Island [Los Angeles County], California" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 131), in USNM [# 47275]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 693).

Celia pugetana Casey, 1924: 56. Type locality: "Wawawai [Whitman County], Washington" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 131), in USNM [# 47206]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 693).

Distribution.

This subspecies ranges from Vancouver Island (Lindroth 1968: 694) to eastern South Dakota (Brookings County, USNM), south to Costa Rica (Hieke 1990: 221) and the Baja California Peninsula (Horn 1894: 309).

Records.

CAN: BC (VCI) USA: AZ, CA (CHI), CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico

Note.

The subspecies Amara californica costaricensis (Bates) is found in Costa Rica (Hieke 1990: 221).