Percosia (Xenocelia), Hieke, 2001

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 575

Subgenus Xenocelia Hieke, 2001

Xenocelia Hieke, 2001: 7. Type species: Carabus municipalis Duftschmid, 1812 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek xenos (stranger, guest) and the generic name Celia [q.v.] [feminine].

Diversity.

Thirty-two species (Hieke 2007) in the arctic (marginal), subarctic, boreal, and temperate regions of North America (11 species, two extending into northern Mexico), Asia (17 species), and Europe (ten species, many shared with Asia and one extending into northern Africa). One species ( Amara hicksi ) is Holarctic.

Identification.

Hieke (2001) revised the species. Two Asian species have been described subsequently.