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Species Amara ovata

Amara littoralis Zimmermann - Amara ovata Amara - Amara ovata - male Amara - Amara ovata - male Amara - Amara ovata - male Amara ovata - 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 Amara)
No Taxon (impuncticollis group)
Species ovata (Amara ovata)
Explanation of Names
Amara ovata (Fabricius 1792)
Size
7.8-9.3 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (across n. Eurasia)(2), adventive in NA and widespread in the east (NS-VA to ON-WI-IA) and in sw. Canada (BC-AB)(3)
Habitat
vacant lots, roadsides, upper zone of river banks, open forests(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: MA 1925(3)
Internet References
Species profile
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 3 July, 2010 - 2:45pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 12:01pm

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