Tribe Zabrini - Seed-Eating Ground Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Common Sun Beetle - Amara aenea - female

Amara lunicollis - Amara lunicollis - male

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)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amarini in most older North American literature (1)

Numbers

One genus in North America: Amara. Pseudamara was formerly included, but is now treated under Sphodrini.

See Also

closely related to the Pterostichini, and perhaps should be included in that tribe (1)

Print References

Ball, George and Bousquet, Yves (2001). Carabidae (family #6). In: Arnett, Ross H. and Thomas, Michael C. American Beetles. Volume 1, p. 89 (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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