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Species Amara anthobia

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Pterostichitae
Tribe Zabrini (Seed-Eating Ground Beetles)
Genus Amara (Seed-Eating Ground Beetles)
No Taxon (subgenus Amara)
Species anthobia (Amara anthobia)
Explanation of Names
Amara anthobia Villa & Villa 1833
Identification
Range
native to Europe & the Mediterranean(1), adventive in NA: BC-CA in the west, NY & MD in the east(2)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: DC area 1964(2)