Amara alpina (Paykull, l790)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 563-565

Amara alpina (Paykull, l790)

Carabus alpinus Paykull, l790: 119. Type locality: "fummis alpibus Lapponicis & Dalecarlicis" (original citation), restricted to "Abisko, Torne L[ap]p[mar]k, Sweden" by Lindroth (1968: 673). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1968: 675), in NRSS.

Amara brunnipennis Dejean, 1831: 800. Type locality: «Labrador» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 16). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 673).

Leirus borealis Chaudoir, 1843b: 775. Type locality not stated. Syntype(s) apparently lost (Lindroth 1968: 673). Synonymy established, under the name Amara brunnipennis Dejean, by Chaudoir (1861c: 198).

Leirus brevicornis Ménétriés, 1851: 51. Type locality: "Boganida [River] [Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) probably in ZMMU (Lindroth 1968: 673). Synonymy established by Csiki (1929: 459).

Amara obtusa LeConte, 1855: 348. Type locality: "Russian America" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MCZ [# 5671]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara brunnipennis Dejean, by Hayward (1908: 60), confirmed by Lindroth (1954b: 134).

Curtonotus caligatus Putzeys, 1866b: 252. Type locality: "Ile S[ain]t-Georges, Kamtschatka [Russia]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established by Sahlberg (1882: 188).

Curtonotus cognatus Putzeys, 1866b: 253. Type locality: «Norwége» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] in MHNP (collection Chaudoir). Synonymy established with doubt (as aberration) by Jacobson (1907: 362).

Amara subsulcata J.R. Sahlberg, 1880: 33. Type locality: "Dudinka, Yenisei R[iver] [Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, Russia]" (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1968: 674), in NRSS. Synonymy established by Munster (1927: 303), confirmed by Lindroth (1968: 674). Note. The specimen designated as lectotype by Silfverberg (1987: 25) is invalid since there was a prior valid designation of a lectotype (see ICZN 1999: Article 74.1.1).

Amara angustata J.R. Sahlberg, 1885b: 51 [secondary homonym of Amara angustata (Say, 1823)]. Type locality: Port Clarence, Alaska (inferred from title of the paper). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in ZMH. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 674).

Amara pullula Poppius, 1906a: 55. Type locality: "Bulkur (c:a 71° 45' n. Br.), unterste Lena [Siberia, Russia]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in ZMH (Silfverberg 1987: 23). Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 674).

Amara birulai Poppius, 1913: 82. Type locality: "Kasatschie, Jana-Mündung [Siberia, Russia]" (original citation). Syntype(s) [2 ♂ originally cited] location unknown. Synonymy established by Hieke (1999b: 156).

Curtonotus rubripennis Casey, 1918: 232. Type locality: «Colorado» (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 131), in USNM [# 47152]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara alpina brunnipennis Dejean, by Lindroth (1954b: 134).

Curtonotus deficiens Casey, 1918: 232. Type locality: "summit of M[oun]t Washington [Coos County], New Hampshire" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 131), in USNM [# 47154]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara alpina brunnipennis Dejean, by Lindroth (1954b: 134).

Curtonotus argutus Casey, 1918: 233. Type locality: "M[oun]t Washington [Coos County], New Hampshire" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 131), in USNM [# 47153]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara alpina brunnipennis Dejean, by Lindroth (1954b: 134).

Curtonotus inanis Casey, 1918: 233. Type locality: "summit of M[oun]t Washington [Coos County], New Hampshire" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in USNM [# 47155]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara alpina brunnipennis Dejean, by Lindroth (1954b: 134).

Curtonotus subtilis Casey, 1924: 45. Type locality: "Stupart Bay [northern Quebec], possibly Labrador" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47151]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara alpina brunnipennis Dejean, by Lindroth (1954b: 135). Note. Stupart Bay is a bay along the coast of the Hudson Strait in northern Quebec, near Maricourt (Wakeham).

Amara alaskana Csiki, 1929: 459. Replacement name for Amara angustata Sahlberg, 1885.

Distribution.

This Holarctic species is found from Great Britain to the Pacific Coast of Siberia (Hieke 2003a: 558), and from the west coast of Alaska, including the Saint Lawrence Island, to northwestern Newfoundland, south to the James Bay area and to northern New Mexico along the Rocky Mountains [see Lindroth 1963b: Fig. 58]; isolated on the Shickshock Mountains in Gaspé Peninsula (Larochelle 1975: 42) and some mountains in New England (Lindroth 1966: 676). The record from "New York" (Notman 1928: 226) needs confirmation. According to Lindroth (1968: 676), this is the carabid occurring farthest north in North America. Fossil remnants of this species, dated between about 14,000 and 21,500 years B.P., have been unearthed in southeastern and central Iowa (Baker et al. 1986: 96; Schwert 1992: 78) and north-central Illinois (Garry et al. 1990: 394); others from interglacial deposits have been found in northwestern Greenland (Bennike 2000: 31).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT USA: AK, CO, ME, NH, NM, UT, VT, WY [NY] - Holarctic