Amara chalcea Dejean, 1828

Amara chalcea Dejean, 1828 View in CoL

Amara chalcea Dejean, 1828: 476. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to "Billerica [Middlesex County], Mass[achusetts]" by Lindroth (1968: 700). One syntype in MHNP (Hieke 2001: 114).

Celia impunctata Putzeys, 1867a: 170 [ nomen dubium; secondary homonym of Amara fulva impunctata Letzner, 1852]. Type locality: «Etats-Unis» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) location unknown. New synonymy. Note. Putzeys (1867a: 171) compared his new species to Amara chalcea Dejean and observed several but relatively minor structural differences between the two. However, all the differences noted, including the size, seem to fall within the variability of Amara chalcea as described by Lindroth (1968: 700). The holotype of Celia impunctata could not be located in MHNP (Fritz Hieke pers. comm. 2001). Obviously, the name is a nomen dubium but for convenience it is placed here in synonymy with Amara chalcea Dejean.

Celia pinorum Casey, 1918: 264. Type locality: "Southern Pines [Moore County], North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47191]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 700).

Celia sodalis Casey, 1918: 265. Type locality: "Staten Island, New York" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 133), in USNM [# 47192]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 700).

Celia corvina Casey, 1918: 266. Type locality: "Southern Pines [Moore County], North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 133), in USNM [# 47193]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 700).

Celia schotti Casey, 1918: 266. Type locality: "Jamaica [Queens County], Long Island, New York" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 133), in USNM [# 47195]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 700). Etymology. The specific name was proposed in honor of Fred M. Schott [1887-1946], long time entomologist with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. His main interests were his entomological books as well as his collection of moths and beetles.

Celia sphaerops Casey, 1918: 267. Type locality: "Wyandanch [Suffolk County], Long Island, New York" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 132), in USNM [# 47196]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 123).

Celia maneei Casey, 1924: 55. Type locality: "Southern Pines [Moore County], North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 133), in USNM [# 47197]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 700). Etymology. The specific name honors the Reverend Abram Herbert Manee [1858-1927] of Southern Pines. Manee was a great collector of insects, especially Coleoptera . His collection is in the North Carolina Department of Agriculture in Raleigh.

Amara jucunda Csiki, 1929: 439. Replacement name for Amara impunctata (Putzeys, 1867).

Distribution.

This species is found from western Maine (Oxford County, Ross T. Bell pers. comm. 2008) to southeastern Wyoming (Hieke 2001: 116), including southernmost Ontario (Lindroth 1968: 700), south to the Taos Mountains in northern New Mexico (LeConte 1876: 299; McKinley County, USNM), “Texas” (Horn 1892b: 32), southwestern Alabama (Hieke 2001: 116), northern Georgia (Fattig 1949: 29), and central South Carolina (Ciegler 2000: 74).

Records.

CAN: ON USA: AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, VT, WI, WY