Species Amara musculis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

Beetle came inside - Amara musculis - female

Amara musculis (Say 1823) - Amara musculis - female

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 Celia)

Species musculis (Amara musculis)

Explanation of Names

Amara musculis (Say 1823)

Size

3.9-6.5 mm(1)

Range

widely dist. (NS–nw.FL to BC-CA-NM)(2)

Habitat

sand/gravel pits, fields, orchards, forest edges/clearings, meadows, usually on dry sandy soils with sparse vegetation(1)

Season

autumn breeder(1)

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.

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