Description: A rare and declining 8-9.5mm brownish Amara found in open conditions on sand or gravel near the sea.

NI account: Restricted to the east coast and now very rare and without modern records.

Ecology: Xerophilic and restricted to open situations and drier soils near the coast. In Fennoscandia recorded with A. bifrons and A. fulva in dry fallow fields (Lindroth, 1986).

Distribution: A Eurasian Wide-temperate species (65) found across Europe south to the Caucasus and east to central Siberia.

Similar Species: Amara fulva: sides of pronotum sinuate; body colour much lighter and with greenish reflection; eyes flat A. apricaria: body with bronze reflection; elytral striae deeply punctured

Key Identification Features:

• Body stout and a characteristic 'oval' shape
• Head with two supra orbital punctures
• Elytra lacking pore-puncture at base of scutellar stria
• Terminal spur of pro-tibia simple
• Pronotum with straight sides but slightly denticulate hind angles (Fig. 79)
• Eyes convex
• Upper surface brown-black without metallic reflection, antennae and legs pale, red

Distribution Map from NBN: Amara consularis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Amara consularis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Amara consularis | Classification: Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Amara

Thumbnails for genus Amara