Amara daurica (Motschulsky, 1844)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 566

Amara daurica (Motschulsky, 1844)

Leirus dauricus Motschulsky, 1844: 177. Type locality: "Kiachta [= Kyakhta], Baikal [Russia]" (lectotype label). Lectotype, designated by Hieke (1993: 77), in ZMMU. Note. Motschulsky (1844: 177) originally cited that he found this species “qu’au delà du Baïcal sur les bords bourbeux des fleuves Ouda et Selenga."

Curtonotus contractus Putzeys, 1866b: 241. Type locality: «Sibér[ie]» (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hieke (1993: 77), in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 75).

Amara monostigma Jedlička, 1957a: 28. Type locality: "Nertschinsk, Sib. or. [Transbaikalien, Russia]" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in NMP. Synonymy established, under the name Amara contracta (Putzeys), by Kryzhanovskij (1975: 92).

Distribution.

This species is found in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, northern China, and across Siberia (Hieke 2003a: 559). In North America, it is known only from the Anderson River Delta area in northwestern Northwest Territories (Hieke 1994: 306).

Records.

CAN: NT - Holarctic

Note.

The North American specimens differ from the Siberian ones in structural details and, according to Hieke (1994: 307), it is possible that they constitute a distinct subspecies.