Amara discors Kirby, 1837

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 576-577

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scientific name

Amara discors Kirby, 1837
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Amara discors Kirby, 1837

Amara discors Kirby, 1837: 40. Type locality: northern parts of British America (inferred from title of the book), restricted to "Saskatoon, Sask[atchewan]" by Lindroth (1968: 697). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in BMNH (Lindroth 1953b: 173).

Celia nevadica Casey, 1918: 264. Type locality: "Reno [Washoe County], Nevada" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47190]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 697).

Celia scolopax Casey, 1918: 269. Type locality: "Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47201]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 697).

Bradytus spaldingi Casey, 1924: 48. Type locality: "Callao [Juab County], Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47166]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 697).

Celia parowana Casey, 1924: 57. Type locality: "summit of Parowan M[oun]t[ain]s, Utah" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47205]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 697).

Amara wakelandi Hatch, 1949a: 82. Type locality: "Succor Cr[eek] [Owyhee County], Ida[ho]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in USNM. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 697). Etymology. The specific name was proposed for Claude Wakeland [1888-1960], professor of entomology at the University of Idaho.

Distribution.

This western species ranges from southern Manitoba to southern British Columbia, south to southeastern California (San Bernardino County, David H. Kavanaugh pers. comm. 2008), southern Utah (Garfield County, CNC), south-central New Mexico, and northwestern Nebraska (Hieke 2001: 118).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, MB, SK USA: CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Amara

Loc

Amara discors Kirby, 1837

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Amara wakelandi

Hatch 1949
1949
Loc

Celia parowana

Casey 1924
1924
Loc

Celia nevadica

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Celia scolopax

Casey 1918
1918
Loc

Amara discors

Kirby 1837
1837