Species Amara quenseli

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

Amara quenseli Schonherr - Amara quenseli

Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - male

Seed-Eating Ground Beetle - Amara quenseli - female

Carabidae: Amara quenseli - Amara quenseli

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 Paracelia)

Species quenseli (Amara quenseli)

Explanation of Names

Amara quenseli (Schönherr 1806)

Numbers

2 sspp.; in our area, A. q. quenseli(1)

Size

5.2-8.4 mm (usually <8 mm)(2)

Range

Holarctic, incl. most of NA (NF–AK south to NC-OK-n.NM-CA)(1)

Habitat

gravel/sand pits, pastures, meadows, fields, roadsides, usually on rather dry sandy soils(2)

Season

autumn breeder(2)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

2.	Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

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