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Species Amara chalcea

Ground Beetle - Amara chalcea - male Carabid - Amara chalcea
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 Xenocelia)
Species chalcea (Amara chalcea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Celia impunctata Putzeys 1867
Explanation of Names
Amara chalcea Dejean 1828
Size
6.3-7.6 mm(1)
Range
ME–so.ON-se.WY south to n.GA-AL-TX-n.NM(2)
Habitat
sand pits, vacant fields(1)