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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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Amara? - Amara aenea
Copyright © 2011 Ben Coulter

Amara? - Amara aenea
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2011
Size: 6.5 mm
I still have it if additional views are required.
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Contributed by Ben Coulter on 3 May, 2011 - 8:10am
Last updated 4 December, 2014 - 5:03pm

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… v belov, 4 December, 2014 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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… Blaine Mathison, 3 May, 2011 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

Seems like
it fits with Amara. From my experience species will be almost impossible from a pic, but someone may prove me wrong!
… Guy A. Hanley, 3 May, 2011 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

a good blowout of the pronotum may help some
but the only sensible way to deal with those is sending voucher specimens to Peter Messer... this is Amara s.str., likely just aenea
… v belov, 3 May, 2011 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

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