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subgenus Amara (Amara subgenus Amara)
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impuncticollis group (Amara impuncticollis group)
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Amara otiosa
Species
Amara otiosa
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
otiosa
(Amara otiosa)
Explanation of Names
Amara otiosa
Casey 1918
Size
6.5-9.0 mm
(
1
)
Range
NF–NC to so.MB–ne.CO
(
2
)
Habitat
fields, gravel/sand pits, meadows, roadsides, forest edges/clearings, usually on rather dry sandy soils with grasses
(
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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 4 December, 2014 - 4:13pm
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 6:24am