Amara pterostichina Hayward, 1908

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 568

Amara pterostichina Hayward, 1908

Curtonotus putzeysi Bates, 1878a: 600 [secondary homonym of Amara putzeysii Fairmaire, 1867 and Amara putzeysii Horn, 1875]. Type locality: "near the capital, Mexico" (original citation). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hieke (1993: 150), in BMNH. Etymology. The specific name was given in honor of the Belgian Jules Antoine Adolphe Henri Putzeys [1809-1882] who, despite his judicial and administrative duties, published extensively on botany and entomology, particularly Odonata and Carabidae .

Amara pterostichina Hayward, 1908: 20. Type locality: "Coolidge [McKinley County], N[ew] M[exico]" (lectotype label). Lectotype (♂), designated by Hieke (1993: 149), in MCZ [# 25664]. Synonymy established by Hieke (1993: 149).

Amara batesiana Csiki, 1929: 466. Replacement name for Amara putzeysi Bates, 1878.

Distribution.

This species ranges from southern Arizona (Cochise County, CNC) to western Texas (Dajoz 2007: 23; Brewster and Jeff Davis Counties, CNC, MCZ), south to the Federal District and central Veracruz in Mexico (Bates 1882a: 76).

Records.

USA: AZ, NM, TX - Mexico