Species - Amara familiaris

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


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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).

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