Amara rectangula ciudadensis (Bates, 1891)

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Amara rectangula ciudadensis (Bates, 1891)

Celia ciudadensis Bates, 1891a: 248. Type locality: "Ciudad, in Durango" (original citation). Two syntypes in BMNH (Hieke 1990: 229). Note. According to Selander and Vaurie (1962: 27), the type locality "is presumably the settlement of Ciudad or La Ciudad near the border of Sinaloa 148 km. west-northwest of the city of Durango."

Amara nupera G.H. Horn, 1892b: 33. Type locality: "Salida [Chaffee County], Colo[rado]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hieke (1993: 132), in MCZ [# 34449]. Synonymy established by Hieke (2001: 130).

Bradytus obsolescens Casey, 1918: 242. Type locality: "Colorado Springs [El Paso County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47162]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara nupera Horn, by Hieke (1993: 132).

Bradytus aequalis Casey, 1918: 242. Type locality: "Colonia Garcia, Sierra Madre M[oun]t[ain]s, Chihuahua, Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype [as typus] (♂), designated by Hieke (1997: 194), in USNM [# 47168]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara nupera Horn, by Hieke (1997: 194).

Celia greenei Casey, 1918: 269. Type locality: "S[an]ta Fé [Santa Fe County], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hieke (1993: 135), in USNM [# 47199]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara nupera Horn, by Hieke (1993: 132).

Bradytus maxwelli Casey, 1924: 49. Type locality: "Maxwell [Colfax County], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype [as typus], designated by Hieke (1994: 322), in USNM [# 47165]. Synonymy established, under the name Amara nupera Horn, by Hieke (1994: 322).

Amara maxvellensis Csiki, 1929: 457. Unjustified emendation of Amara maxwelli (Casey, 1924) (cited as maxvelli).

Bradytus celianus Stehr, 1949: 208. Type locality: "Jemez M[oun]t[ain]s [Sandoval County], New Mexico" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in MSUE. Synonymy established, under the name Amara nupera Horn, by Hieke (1994: 306).

Distribution.

This subspecies ranges from northern California to northwestern Oklahoma (Cimarron County, CMNH), north to northern Colorado, south to Durango in Mexico (Hieke 2001: 135-136), including western Texas (Jeff Davis County, CMNH), and south-central California (Hieke 2001: 135).

Records.

USA: AZ, CA, CO, NM, OK, TX, UT - Mexico

Note.

Lindroth (1968: 697) listed Amara obsolescens Casey as a junior synonym of Amara discors Kirby but Hieke (1993: 132) considered it a synonym of Amara nupera Horn.