Amara paleomelas Scudder 1879

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Alternative combination: Nebria paleomelas

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175-185

Belongs to Amara according to Y. Bousquet 2012

See also Scudder 1879, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1895 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Amara (Amara), Amara (Bradytus), Amara (Celia), Amara (Curtonotus), Amara (Paracelia), Amara aenea, Amara arcticola, Amara aulica, Amara bifrons, Amara brunnea, Amara cockerelli, Amara conflata, Amara danae, Amara erratica, Amara foersteri, Amara insignis, Amara interstitialis, Amara municipalis, Amara occlusa, Amara pinguicula, Amara powellii, Amara primigenia, Amara princeps, Amara procera, Amara pseudobrunnea, Amara revocata, Amara sterilis, Amara veterata

Type specimen: GSC 58, an elytra. Its type locality is Nicola river, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in Canada.

Distribution: found only at Nicola river

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