Description: A 9.5-12.5mm long dull bronze Amara of open soil, particularly on cultivated land. Phytophagous. Widespread but local.

NI account: Apparently very local and rather scarce.

Ecology: Like most members of the genus, this species prefers moderately well-drained soils, but is less fussy in this regard than some. Recorded from a spread of habitats including bare sandy soil, arable ground, a gravel path, oak woodland and gravelly soil by the sea.

Distribution: A Eurosiberian Wide-temperate species (64) distributed from west and north Europe into Asia Minor and east into western Siberia. Introduced in North America.

Similar Species: Amara montivaga: elytral intervals becoming convex towards apex; size <10mm; pronotum characteristic (Fig. 81) A ovata: elytral intervals becoming convex towards apex; size <10mm A. similata: elytral intervals becoming convex towards apex; sides of pronotum parallel-sided near base; size <10mm

Key Identification Features:

• Body stout and a characteristic 'oval' shape
• Head with two supra orbital punctures
• Elytra with pore-puncture at base of scutellar stria
• Terminal spur of pro-tibia simple
• Antennae with 3 (or 4) pale basal segments
• Size >10mm, broad, flat
• Elytral striae fine, intervals mostly flat, not deepened towards apex

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

iNaturalist: Amara eurynota at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

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

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