Amara avida (Say, 1823)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 570-571

Amara avida (Say, 1823)

Zabrus avidus Say, 1823b: 148. Type locality: "N[orth] Fork S[outh] Platte Can[y]on (7-8000 ft.), Col[orado]" (neotype label). Neotype (♂), designated by Lindroth and Freitag (1969: 343), in MCZ [# 33033].

Amara confinis Dejean, 1828: 510. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 16). Synonymy established by LeConte (1847: 367), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 16).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 100) to southeastern British Columbia (Lindroth 1968: 690), south to southern Colorado (Wickham 1902: 236; Armin 1963: 200), southeastern Kansas (Knaus 1907: 233), Missouri (Summers 1873: 145), and southwestern North Carolina (Macon County, MCZ). The record from southeastern Louisiana (Summers 1874a: 80) is likely in error.

Records.

FRA: PM CAN: AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), ON, PE, QC, SK USA: CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI