Amphasia sericea (Harris, 1828)

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 655

Amphasia sericea (Harris, 1828)

Harpalus sericeus T.W. Harris, 1828b: 117. Type locality not stated; "Camden [Kershaw County], S[outh] C[arolina]" selected by Lindroth (1968: 861). Three syntypes in MCZ (collection Harris).

Harpalus femoratus Dejean, 1829: 224. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 30). Synonymy established by Dejean (1831: 837), confirmed by Lindroth (1955b: 30).

Distribution.

This species ranges from New Brunswick (Webster and Bousquet 2008: 19) to western South Dakota (Kirk and Balsbaugh 1975: 32), north to southern Saskatchewan (Ronald R. Hooper pers. comm. 1990), south to east-central Texas (Riley 2011), south-central Louisiana (Evangeline Parish, MCZ) and the Florida Panhandle (Liberty County, CNC).

Records.

CAN: MB, NB, ON, QC, SK USA: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV