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Amara familiaris

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

IdentificationIt is a small species with adults measuring from 5.6 to 7.2 mm. Legs dark or dark black in colouration with greenish or bluish glossy upper surface. Antennae have segments 1 - 3 with base of at least 4. Eyes flat, prothorax with angular protruding front angles and shallow basal foveae which are surrounded by a group of punctulae. Elytral striations apically deepened. Male copulatory organ (penis) straight and slightly bent and possesses lateral lobes (parameres) (Lindroth, 1968).
<i>Amara familiaris</i>

Taxonomic Hierarchy for University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum