Amara (Paracelia), Bedel, 1899
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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.
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Amara (Paracelia)
| Bousquet, Yves 2012 |
Iranoleirides
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Amara astrabadensis
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Paracelia
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Leirides
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