Amara littoralis

Amara littoralis is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae. It is native to parts of Asia.

Amara littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Amara
Species:	A. littoralis
Binomial name
Amara littoralis Dejean, 1828[nb 1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Amara acuminata Casey, 1918 (nec Paykull, 1798) Amara acuticauda Casey, 1924 Amara convergens Casey, 1924 Amara fallax LeConte, 1848 Amara hesperia Casey, 1918 Amara keeni Casey, 1918 Amara lacustrina Casey, 1918 Amara laurana Casey, 1918 Amara mystica Casey, 1918 Amara oodiformis Casey, 1924 Amara pullmani Casey, 1924 Amara teres Notman, 1921 (?)

References

Notes

1. The specific name is also sometimes attributed to Mannerheim (1843), as he was the first to describe the species; however, Dejean (1828) published the name earlier as a junior synonym of A. plebeja according to Yves Bousquet (2012).[1]

Citations

1. Bousquet, Y. (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
2. Hieke, F. (1993). "Die Untergattung Harpalodema Reitter, 1888, von Amara Bon. sowie über Amara‐Arten anderer Subgenera. (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Neue Folge (in German). 40 (1): 1–160. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19930400102.
3. Hieke, F. (1994). "Sieben neue asiatische Arten und weitere neue Synonyme aus der Gattung Amara Bon. (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Neue Folge (in German). 41 (2): 299–350. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19940410203.