Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 592

Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792)

Carabus ovatus Fabricius, 1792: 154 [primary homonym of Carabus ovatus Paykull, 1790]. Type locality: "Saxonia [Germany]" (original citation). Two syntypes in ZMUC (Zimsen 1964: 57). Note. Carabus ovatus Paykull, 1790 cannot be interpreted at this time. Paykull originally described it as the Carabus vulgaris Linnaeus var. β and later (Paykull 1798: 167) listed it as a synonym of Carabus helopioides Fabricius, 1792. Until the type specimen(s) can be study Paykull’s name should be considered a nomen dubium.

Distribution.

This European species is adventive in North America where it is known in the east from Nova Scotia (Majka et al. 2006: 605) to southern Wisconsin (Messer 2010: 38), south to Virginia (Hieke 2000: 82). The first inventoried specimen collected on the east coast was found in Massachusetts in 1925. The species is also adventive in the western part of North America where it is known from southeastern British Columbia and Alberta (Hieke 2000: 82). The first inventoried specimen collected on the west coast was found in southeastern British Columbia in 1936 (see Hieke 2000: 82). One specimen simply labeled from Iowa is known (Hieke 2000: 82). The record from "Cleveland, Or." (Hieke 2000: 82) obviously refers to Ohio.

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC USA: CT, MA, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, WI [IA] - Adventive