Species Amara bifrons

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

No Taxon (subgenus Celia)

Species bifrons (Amara bifrons)

Explanation of Names

Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal 1810)

Size

5.2‒7.2 mm(1)

Identification

images: ▢(2) ▪ ▢(3) ▪ ▢(4)

Range

native to, and widespread across Europe, adventive in NA (NF‒QC‒MA)(5)

Habitat

sand/gravel pits, pastures, meadows, vacant lots, roadsides, usually on dry sandy soils(1)

Season

autumn breeder(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NS 1929(5)

Works Cited

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

2.	Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae

3.	Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network (UkrBIN)

4.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

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

Contributed by v belov on 8 February, 2014 - 5:39pm
Last updated 12 August, 2024 - 8:34pm

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