Xenocelia
Carabus municipalis
Celia
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet, Yves
ZooKeys
2012
2012-11-28
245
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2CD24714-77FB-51A6-AED3-AD06D168AC5E
Hieke, 2001
Hieke
2001
Hexapoda
Carabidae
Percosia
GBIF
Animalia
(Xenocelia)
Coleoptera
574
575
Arthropoda
subGenus
Xenocelia
XenoceliaHieke, 2001: 7. Type species: Carabus municipalisDuftschmid, 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.