Amara turbata Casey, 1918

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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.