Amara hicksi Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet, Yves ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 484B9D0C-EA49-931F-36D3-00B6C5DAFCAF Lindroth, 1968 Lindroth 1968 Hexapoda Carabidae Amara GBIF Animalia Amara hicksi Coleoptera 576 577 Arthropoda species hicksi   Amara hicksiLindroth, 1968: 699. Type locality: "Norman Wells, N[orth] W[est] Terr[itories]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in CNC [# 10511]. Etymology. The specific name honors Stanton D. Hicks [1910-1983], an amateur coleopterist with a special interest for the fauna of southern Ontario. Hicks, a Canadian, worked at the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Note. The type locality was listed by error as "Good Hope, North West Territory" by Hieke (2001: 58).   Distribution. This Holarctic species is found from western Northwest Territories to Alaska and from Kamtschatka to northern European Russia, south to Mongolia and northern China (Hieke 2001: 61).  Records.  CAN: NT USA: AK - Holarctic