Amara (Paracelia), Bedel, 1899

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 597

Subgenus Paracelia Bedel, 1899

Paracelia Bedel, 1899: 169, 174. Type species: Amara simplex Dejean, 1828 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek para (beside, near) and the generic name Celia [q.v.] [feminine].

Iranoleirides Hieke, 1978: 300. Type species: Amara astrabadensis Lutshnik, 1935 by original designation. Synonymy established by Hieke (2006: 296). Etymology. From the geographical name Iran and the generic name Leirides [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-one species (Hieke 2007) in the Palaearctic Region (including the Himalayas and northern Africa), one of them ( Amara quenseli ) extending into the Nearctic Region and one ( Amara simplex Dejean) extending into the Afrotropical Region.

Identification.

Hieke (2006) revised the species of this subgenus.