Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774)
(Common Sun Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmara aenea (Common Sun Beetle)
GenusAmara (a genus of ground beetles)
SubfamilyCARABINAE (a subfamily of ground beetles)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle) :
1: Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle)
9 Jul 2011 OSGR: SS48 51° 30’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
in sandy turf
Image 1: Dorsal view - diffuse lighting - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - lit from sides - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Foreparts - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Foreparts - ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Head and mouthparts - ventral view - magnifiedImage 6: Prosternal process - magnifiedImage 7: Ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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