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Amara tibialis

Status not recordedbeetles

Amara tibialis is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 5 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 35 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about Amara tibialis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4 mm – 5 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
35 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Amara tibialis?

AMARA TIBIALIS · LENGTH 5 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5 mm, the recorded maximum length of the amara tibialis is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Amara tibialis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Amara tibialis is listed for 35 countries.

KazakhstanNorwayFranceMongoliaKyrgyzstanArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsSpainIrelandChinaItalyDenmarkGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaJapanMacedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Belarus
  5. Belgium
  6. Bulgaria
  7. China
  8. Croatia
  9. Denmark
  10. Estonia
  11. Finland
  12. France
  13. Georgia
  14. Germany
  15. Greece
  16. Hungary
  17. Ireland
  18. Italy
  19. Japan
  20. Kazakhstan
  21. Kyrgyzstan
  22. Latvia
  23. Lithuania
  24. Mongolia
  25. Netherlands
  26. North Macedonia
  27. Norway
  28. Poland
  29. Romania
  30. Slovakia
  31. Slovenia
  32. Spain
  33. Sweden
  34. Switzerland
  35. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Amara tibialis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Amara tibialis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusAmara
  7. SpeciesAmara tibialis (Paykull, 1798)

Synonyms Amara acutiangula, Amara angulata, Amara brunneofemorata, Amara brunniventris, Amara cuprea, Amara elevata, Amara exarata, Amara femorata, Amara impunctata, Amara manca, Amara marginata, Amara melaena, Amara nigroaenea, Amara nigrocoerulea, Amara obscura, Amara omnistriata, Amara rufescens, Amara versicolor, Amara viridis, Carabus tibialis, Carabus viridis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • dværgagtig ovalløberDanish
  • pikkusiemenkiitäjäinenFinnish
  • dwergglimmerDutch
  • liten kornlöpareSwedish
  • Dværgagtig metalløberDanish
  • mindre kornlöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Amara tibialis

Other species in the same genus Amara.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Amara tibialis?

An adult Amara tibialis measures 4 mm – 5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Amara tibialis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Amara tibialis for 35 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Amara tibialis?

Amara tibialis (Amara tibialis) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Amara tibialis (Amara tibialis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amara-tibialis

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“Amara tibialis (Amara tibialis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/amara-tibialis.

BibTeX
@misc{amara_tibialis_2026,
  title = {Amara tibialis (Amara tibialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amara-tibialis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}