Amara (Celia), Zimmermann, 1832

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 578

Subgenus Celia Zimmermann, 1832

Celia Zimmermann, 1832: 18. Type species: Harpalus bifrons Gyllenhal, 1810 designated by Westwood (1838: 4). Etymology (original). From the Greek cello (to run) [feminine].

Acrodon Zimmermann, 1832: 40. Type species Harpalus brunneus Gyllenhal, 1810 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Dawson (1854: 117). Etymology. From the Greek acron (top, summit) and odon (tooth), alluding to the entire apex of the mentum tooth (" menti dente intermedio simplici ") [masculine].

Isopleurus Kirby, 1837: 49. Type species: Isopleurus nitidus Kirby, 1837 (= Celia sinuosa Casey, 1918) by monotypy. Synonymy established implicitly by Lindroth (1954b: 136), explicitly by Lindroth (1968: 692). Etymology. From the Greek isos (equal) and pleura (side) [masculine].

Adocron Lutshnik, 1927: 58. Type species: Amara praetermissa Sahlberg, 1827 by original designation. Etymology. Anagram of the generic name Acrodon [q.v.] [masculine].

Embrikiella Lutshnik, 1935: 265. Type species: Amara kachovskyi Lutshnik, 1935 (= Leiocnemis tartariae Bates, 1878) by monotypy. Etymology (original). From the first name of the Norwegian zoologist Embrik Strand [1876-1947].

Diversity.

Forty species (Hieke 2007) in North America (12 species), Middle America (two species, one of them endemic, Amara chihuahuae Casey), Asia (22 species), and Europe and northern Africa (14 species, several shared with Asia). One species found in the Nearctic Region is adventive ( Amara bifrons ), another one is Holarctic ( Amara brunnea ).

Identification.

There is no modern revision of the species of this subgenus and such work is much needed.