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A small (8mm) beetle found drowned in my bird bath in Ipswich on 10 April 2016. These photos are after I cleaned the specimen in some vinegar. Clockwise from the top left they show a dorsal view of the whole beetle, a close-up of the apex of the left elytra, the prosternal process, various shots of the aedeagus taken through a microscope and a close-up of the back of the beetle showing the scutellar stria and the inner pronotal fovea. I used Mark Telfer's excellent guide to these beetles at <a href="http://www.markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/sunshiners-moonshiners-and-stem-climbers/" rel="nofollow">www.markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/sunshiners-moonshiners-and-...</a> to identify the species and was delighted when Mark himself confirmed the ID on the Facebook Beetles of Britain and Ireland Group page. He commented that the close-ups of the elytral apex and mid-dorsal region superbly illustrate the ID features of Amara aenea (the Streak Sunshiner): "It is regrettable that the commonest Amara is not a more distinctive species. The very flat elytral intervals (particularly at the apex) are shared only with, spreta and famelica (and are also very similar in eurynota though that species has the 3rd, 5th and 7th intervals raised in very shallow blunt ridges). But although the very flat elytral intervals is a good character when comparing directly to specimens with more convex elytral intervals, it can be difficult to judge on lone specimens. Note also that on very rare occasions, aenea specimens may be found with convex intervals; I have seen two such specimens. The distinct longitudinal groove of the inner pronotal fovea (the ‘streak’ of the English name) on an unpunctured background is a useful diagnostic character with experience. " |
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| Source | Amara aenea (male) |
| Author | Martin Cooper from Ipswich, UK |
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