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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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Subgenus
Xenocelia Hieke, 2001
Xenocelia
Hieke, 2001: 7. Type species:
Carabus municipalis
Duftschmid, 1812 by original designation. Etymology. From the Greek
xenos
(stranger, guest) and the generic name
Celia
[
q.v
.] [feminine].
Diversity.
Thirty-two species (Hieke 2007) in the arctic (marginal), subarctic, boreal, and temperate regions of North America (11 species, two extending into northern Mexico), Asia (17 species), and Europe (ten species, many shared with Asia and one extending into northern Africa). One species (
Amara hicksi
) is Holarctic.
Identification.
Hieke (2001) revised the species. Two Asian species have been described subsequently.