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Sun Beetles
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Sun Beetles

Amara

Amara is a large genus of carabid beetles, commonly called the sun beetles. Many are holarctic, but a few species are neotropical or occur in eastern Asia.

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29 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Amara

subgenusAmara

Curtonotus

subgenusCurtonotus

Bradytus

subgenusBradytus

Celia

subgenusCelia

Zezea

subgenusZezea

Percosia

subgenusPercosia

Amarocelia

subgenusAmarocelia

Xenocelia

subgenusXenocelia

Paracelia

subgenusParacelia

Acrodon

subgenusAcrodon

Amathitis

subgenusAmathitis

Camptocelia

subgenusCamptocelia

Harpalodema

subgenusHarpalodema

Reductocelia

subgenusReductocelia

Leirides

subgenusLeirides

Parapercosia

subgenusParapercosia

Leironotus

subgenusLeironotus

Cribramara

subgenusCribramara

Ammoleirus

subgenusAmmoleirus

Leiocnemis

subgenusLeiocnemis

Hyalamara

subgenusHyalamara

Allobradytus

subgenusAllobradytus

Ammoxena

subgenusAmmoxena

Zabroscelis

subgenusZabroscelis

Pseudoleirides

subgenusPseudoleirides

Acorius

subgenusAcorius

Phanerodonta

subgenusPhanerodonta

Leuris

subgenusLeuris

Leiromorpha

subgenusLeiromorpha

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sun Beetles in Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.99

Sun Beetles in Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 106)

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 106)

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.72

Sun Beetles in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 27)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 27)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.100

Sun Beetles in François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.706

Sun Beetles in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.360

Sun Beetles in Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)

Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)

Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.269

Sun Beetles in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.701

Sun Beetles in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.208

Sun Beetles in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.133

Sun Beetles in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.134

Sun Beetles in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.699

Sun Beetles in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.131

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130434.