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subgenus Curtonotus (Amara subgenus Curtonotus)
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Amara aulica
Species
Amara aulica
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 Curtonotus)
Species
aulica
(Amara aulica)
Explanation of Names
Amara aulica
(Panzer 1796)
Size
11.0-14.3 mm
(
1
)
(our largest member of the genus)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA and now widespread across se. Canada (NF-QC) & ne. US (ME-MA)
(
2
)
Habitat
vacant lots, roadsides, pastures, meadows, gravel pits, usually on dry, sandy soils
(
1
)
Season
autumn breeder
(
1
)
Remarks
earliest NA record: NS 1929
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by
Peter W. Messer
on 13 January, 2008 - 1:31pm
Additional contributions by
Hannah Nendick-Mason
,
john and jane balaban
,
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 4 December, 2014 - 11:21am