Amara familiaris (Duftschmid, 1812)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 596

Amara familiaris (Duftschmid, 1812)

Carabus familiaris Duftschmid, 1812: 119. Type locality: Austria (inferred from title of the book). Syntype(s) probably lost (Lindroth 1968: 731).

Amara humilis Casey, 1918: 302. Type locality: "Boston Neck [Washington County], Rhode Island" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 136), in USNM [# 47292]. Synonymy established by Darlington (1936d: 20), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 733).

Distribution.

This European species is adventive in North America where it is known in the east from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 111) to southern Saskatchewan (Ronald R. Hooper pers. comm. 2007), south to central Oklahoma (Grady County, Robert L. Davidson pers. comm. 2012), northwestern Mississippi (Panola County, CMNH) and the Florida Panhandle (Okaloosa County, CNC) [see Hieke 1990: Fig. 25]. The first inventoried specimen collected on the east coast was found in Rhode Island in 1901 (Hieke 1990: 207). The species is also adventive in the western parts of North America where it ranges from southeastern Alaska to central California, east to western Montana [see Hieke 1990: Fig. 25]. The first inventoried specimen collected on the west coast was found in western Washington in 1913 (Hatch 1953: 26).

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC (VCI), MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AK, AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV - Adventive