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 lunicollis Schiodte , 1837 Amara lunicollis Schiodte , 1837: 164. Type locality: "Ravneholm, nordlige Sjaelland [Denmark]" (original citation). Lectotype, designated by Hansen and Martin (2000: 213), in ZMUC. Amara limbata Schiodte , 1837: 166. Type locality: "Amager [Denmark]" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hansen and Martin (2000: 213), in ZMUC. Synonymy established by Schaum (1858: 529). Amara poeciloides Heer, 1837: 40 [second section]. Type locality: "Camogaskerthal (6800 [feet]) [Switzerland]" (Heer 1837: 59 [first section]). Syntype(s) location unknown (possibly in ETHZ). Synonymy established by Schaum (1858: 528). Amara assimilis Chaudoir, 1844: 446. Type locality: "Kieff [= Kiev, Ukraine]" (original citation). Syntype(s) in MHNP. Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1861c: 198). Amara inepta LeConte, 1855: 351. Type locality: "Oregon [Territory]" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♀) in MCZ [# 5683]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1994: 309). Note. Lindroth (1968: 730) treated Amara inepta LeConte as a junior synonym of Amara littoralis Mannerheim but Hieke (1994: 309) considered it a junior synonym of Amara lunicollis Schiodte . Amara marquettensis Casey, 1918: 304. Type locality: "Marquette [Marquette County], Michigan" (original citation). Lectotype (♀), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47303]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1954b: 136). Amara carriana Casey, 1924: 65. Type locality: "Edmonton, Alberta" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47325]. Synonymy established by Lindroth (1954b: 136). Amara arsenjevi Lutshnik, 1935: 258. Type locality: "fl. Tumain, Prov. Ussuriensis, Sibirie or. [Russia]" (original citation). One syntype in ZILR (Hieke 1973: 9). Synonymy established by Hieke (1973: 9). Amara zaisani Jedlicka , 1964: 290. Type locality: "Zaisan, Central Aimak, Mongolei" (original citation). Holotype (♂) in TMB. Synonymy established by Hieke (1972: 417). Distribution. This circumpolar species ranges from eastern Siberia to Ireland, south to Spain, Italy, Mongolia, and northern China (Hieke 2003a: 550) and from Alaska (Lindroth 1968: 721) to Newfoundland (Lindroth 1955a: 109), south to northeastern West Virginia (Randolph County, CMNH), east-central Ohio (Usis and MacLean 1998: 67), southern New Mexico (Otero County, CNC), and southwestern Oregon (Niwa and Peck 2002: 787). Records. CAN : AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS (CBI), NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT USA : AK, CO, CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV - Holarctic