Amara gibba (LeConte, 1847)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 577

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Amara gibba (LeConte, 1847)
status

 

Amara gibba (LeConte, 1847) View in CoL

Celia gibba LeConte, 1847: 360. Type locality: "Lacum Superiorem" (original citation), herein restricted to Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan (see Casey 1918: 259, as Celia paganica ). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 3688].

Celia paganica Casey, 1918: 259. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County], Michigan" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47179]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 135).

Distribution.

This species ranges from Newfoundland to Alaska including Kodiak Island; it is also known from the Lake Superior region in northern Michigan (Hieke 2001: 113) and from northeastern New York (Essex County, CNC).

Records.

CAN: AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, QC, YT USA: AK, MI, NY

Note.

This form, listed as a synonym of Amara discors Kirby by Lindroth (1968: 697), was regarded as a valid species by Hieke (1990: 226).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Amara