Amara (Percosia), Zimmermann, 1832
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Subgenus Percosia Zimmermann, 1832
Percosia Zimmermann, 1832: 18. Type species: Amara sicula Dejean, 1831 designated by Hope (1838: 86). Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Latin adjective percosius (relative to Percosius, king of Cyzicus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor) [feminine].
Spelaeobia Gistel, 1856: 358. Type species: Carabus patricius Duftschmid, 1812 (= Carabus equestris Duftschmid, 1812) by monotypy. Synonymy established by Bousquet (2002b: 47).
Diversity.
Six species in the boreal and temperate regions of North America (one species), Asia (two species), Europe (three species, two shared with Asia), and northern Africa (two endemic species).
Identification.
Hieke (1978) revised the species of this subgenus.
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Amara (Percosia)
| Bousquet, Yves 2012 |
Percosia
| C.C.A. Zimmermann 1832 |
Amara sicula
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Carabus patricius
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Carabus equestris
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