Amara similata (Gyllenhal, 1810)
(a ground beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Amara similata (a ground beetle)
Genus	Amara (a genus of ground beetles)
Subfamily	CARABINAE (a subfamily of ground beetles)
Family	CARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
Suborder	ADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Amara similata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Amara similata (a ground beetle) :
1: Amara similata (a ground beetle)
9 May 1998	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Oxon (VC 23)	England
on Burdock leaf, by gate

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hodges, D. & Murray, D.		WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group	thewcg.org.uk/

Amara similata (a ground beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Amara
(a genus of ground beetles)

CARABIDAE
(ground beetles, tiger beetles)

ADEPHAGA
(water and ground beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amara similata (a ground beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amara similata (a ground beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Amara similata is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)