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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Seed-Eating Ground Beetles (Zabrini) » Seed-Eating Ground Beetles (Amara) » subgenus Amara (Amara subgenus Amara) » Common Sun Beetle (Amara aenea)
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Bronze Ground Beetle - Amara aenea
Copyright © 2011 Yurika Alexander

Bronze Ground Beetle - Amara aenea
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
April 2, 2011
Size: 6mm?
Found on dandelion bud.
Is this Amara?
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 2 April, 2011 - 5:04pm
Last updated 4 December, 2014 - 6:20pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Amara.
… v belov, 4 December, 2014 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Amara aenea
is my image-based opinion for now.
… Peter W. Messer, 3 April, 2011 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
that was my impression, too
but having no experience with NA Amara, i've chosen to conceal it in the glossary entry ))
… v belov, 3 April, 2011 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.

Thank you for your help both!
… Yurika Alexander, 2 April, 2011 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

yup, Amara s.str.
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
"s.str."
??? Sorry, I don't understand...
Remember, I'm Japanese :D
… Yurika Alexander, 2 April, 2011 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
you're not alone: i'm kinda Japanese, too ))
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Abbreviation for "sensu stricto"
In the Glossary here.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 April, 2011 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Also, "nominate" form or type is a less formal way
to say "sensu stricto".
… Peter W. Messer, 3 April, 2011 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the help, Ken
i added some explanatory language to that glossary entry
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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