Species Amara communis

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 Amara)

Species communis (Amara communis)

Explanation of Names

Amara communis (Panzer 1797)

Size

6.0-7.5 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread in the Palaearctic (east to Siberia & C. Asia), adventive in NA (Maritime Canada & CT)(2)(3)

Habitat

meadows, vacant lots, forests, often under moss and dry leaves(1)

Season

spring breeder(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NB 1988(2)

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.

3.	Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by v belov on 8 February, 2014 - 5:59pm
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 11:12am

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