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 turbata Casey, 1918 Amara turbata Casey, 1918: 307. Type locality: "Akron [Washington County], Colorado" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 135), in USNM [# 47310]. Amara microcephala Casey, 1924: 62. Type locality: "Southern Pines [Moore County], North Carolina" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Lindroth (1975: 136), in USNM [# 47293]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1994: 337). Amara recticollis Casey, 1924: 62. Type locality: "Southern Pines [Moore County], North Carolina" (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in USNM [# 47291]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1994: 337). Distribution . This species ranges from southern Quebec to southeastern Alberta, south to southern Arizona, southern Texas, west-central Alabama, and North Carolina (Hieke 2000: 76-79). Records. CAN : AB, ON, QC, SK USA : AL, AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI, WV, WY Note. Lindroth (1968: 730) regarded this form as a synonym of Amara littoralis Mannerheim but Hieke (1994: 337) considered it as a valid species.