Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Amara confusa LeConte, 1847 Amara confusa LeConte, 1847: 361. Type locality: "ad Rocky Mountains" (original citation), cited from "Nebraska [Territory], near the Rocky Mountains [probably present day Colorado]" by LeConte (1855: 352). Three syntypes in MCZ [# 5680]. Amara subpunctata LeConte, 1855: 352. Type locality: "at the Rocky Mountains" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MCZ [# 5679]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 725). Amara protensa Putzeys, 1866b: 183. Type locality: "bords du fl[euve] Ruper [= Ruper River, Quebec], Baie d'Hudson" (original citation), which is likely incorrect. Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1968: 725), in MHNP. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 725). Celia modulata Casey, 1918: 250. Type locality: "Fort Wingate [McKinley County], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Hieke (1993: 131), in USNM [# 47239]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 131). Amara impedita Casey, 1918: 310. Type locality: "Wyoming" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47320]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 726). Amara ebenina Casey, 1918: 310. Type locality: "Boulder Co[unty], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47322]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 726). Amara castalia Casey, 1918: 311. Type locality: "Jemez Springs [Sandoval County], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype [as holotypus] (♂), designated by Hieke (1993: 114), in USNM [# 47321]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 114). Amara viridula Casey, 1924: 60. Type locality: "Lethbridge, Alberta" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47301]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 726). Amara oblongiformis Casey, 1924: 60. Type locality: "Govan [Lincoln County], Washington" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47306]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 726). Amara acomana Casey, 1924: 61. Type locality: "Maxwell [Colfax County], New Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47313]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 726). Amara subarctica Casey, 1924: 64. Type locality: "Boucher, Sask[atchewan]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47323]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1968: 726). Distribution. This species is found from southern Manitoba to south-central British Columbia, north to central Alaska (Lindroth 1968: 726), south to the Sierra Nevada in east-central California (Tuolumne County, MCZ), central Arizona (Gila County, MCZ), central New Mexico (Fall and Cockerell 1907: 158), southern Kansas (Knaus 1905a: 218; Casey 1918: 311), and northern Indiana (Blatchley 1910: 107, as Amara protensa ). Records. CAN : AB, BC, MB, SK, YT USA : AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, IN, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY