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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Seed-Eating Ground Beetles (Zabrini) » Seed-Eating Ground Beetles (Amara) » subgenus Paracelia (Amara subgenus Paracelia) » Amara quenseli » Amara quenseli quenseli
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Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - female
Copyright © 2018 Jim Moore

Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - Female
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
August 31, 2011
Size: Body length 8mm
GrBet031 - Sent to Peter W. Messer

ID for this specimen to species Amara quenseli (Schönherr 1806) was provided by Peter W. Messer via physical examination.


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My thanks to Peter for this identification!

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Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - female Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - female Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - female
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 22 October, 2018 - 1:36pm
Last updated 1 January, 2024 - 8:27pm

Moved
Moved from Amara quenseli.
… Connor E.J. Graham, 1 January, 2024 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Amara harpalina.
… Peter W. Messer, 29 August, 2021 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

Amara quenseli
replaces my previous erroneous "Amara harpalina". Sorry for the trouble.
… Peter W. Messer, 22 October, 2018 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

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