Amara laevipennis Kirby, 1837

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 585-586

Amara laevipennis Kirby, 1837

Amara laevipennis Kirby, 1837: 40. Type locality: "Lat. 54° [= along North Saskatchewan River]" (original citation), restricted to "Jasper, Al[ber]ta" by Lindrot h (1968: 717). Two syntypes ["three or four" originally cited] in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 173).

Amara aeneolucens Casey, 1918: 312. Type locality: "Duluth [Saint Louis County, Minnesota], Lake Superior" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 134), in USNM [# 47324]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 717).

Distribution.

This boreal species is found from Newfoundland to southwestern British Columbia, north to east-central Alaska (Lindroth 1968: 717), south to southwestern California (Ventura County, MCZ), northeastern New Mexico (Snow 1885: 67; Las Vegas, CMNH) along the Rocky Mountains, the Black Hills in western South Dakota (Lawrence County, USNM), northeastern Minnesota along Lake Superior (Casey 1918: 312, as Amara aeneolucens ), northwestern Pennsylvania (Warren County, CMNH), and “Massachusetts” (LeConte 1855: 353; MCZ).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK USA: AK, CA, CO, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NY, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY