Species Oodes amaroides

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

New Jersey Beetle for ID - Oodes amaroides

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 Oodini

Genus Oodes

Species amaroides (Oodes amaroides)

Explanation of Names

Oodes amaroides Dejean 1831

Size

7.9‒10.0 mm(1)

Range

e US (s.ME‒FL to MN‒se.TX)(2)

Habitat

wet places: swamps, marshes, edges of ponds, usually on wet, muddy or silt soils rich in organic debris(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 Brad Barnd on 7 January, 2008 - 6:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 January, 2024 - 2:20pm

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