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Dusky sun beetle

Amara apricaria (Paykull, 1790)

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The dusky sun beetle (Amara apricaria) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 9 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 45 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania and Armenia.

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Quick facts about the dusky sun beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
6 mm – 9 mmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater, human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
45 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the dusky sun beetle?

DUSKY SUN BEETLE · LENGTH 9 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9 mm, the recorded maximum length of the dusky sun beetle is about 0.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the dusky sun beetle 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.

The dusky sun beetle is listed for 45 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

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

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: CarabCat (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dusky sun beetle as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dusky sun beetle 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 the dusky sun beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusAmara
  7. SpeciesAmara apricaria (Paykull, 1790)

Synonyms Amara aberrata, Amara analis, Amara angulata, Amara armena, Amara baschkirica, Amara convexilabris, Amara fulva, Amara laevicollis, Amara major, Amara minor, Amara nigropicea, Amara paphlagoniensis, Amara parallela, Amara petri, Amara picea, Amara plana, Amara punctulata, Amara putzeysiana, Amara putzeysii, Amara pygmea, Amara rhaetica, Amara rubida, Amara rufa, Amara rugulosa, Amara uludagensis, Amara violaceipennis, Bradytus apricarius, Bradytus armenus, Bradytus baschkiricus, Bradytus major, Bradytus paphlagoniensis, Bradytus uludagensis, Carabus analis, Carabus apricarius, Cyrtonotus apricarius, Leirus parallelus

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Lesser brown SunshinerEnglish
  • Mørkebrun ovalløberDanish
  • Mørkebrun metalløberDanish
  • Dunkler KanalkäferGerman
  • Dunkler KanalläuferGerman
  • Enghals-KamelläuferGerman
  • karhosiemenkiitäjäinenFinnish
  • Amara du soleilFrench
  • rozsdás közfutóHungarian
  • RuderaalglimmerDutch
  • Тускляк солнцелюбивыйRussian
  • smal kornlöpareSwedish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the dusky sun beetle

Other species in the same genus Amara.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dusky sun beetle?

An adult dusky sun beetle measures 6 mm – 9 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the dusky sun beetle live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dusky sun beetle for 45 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria and Azerbaijan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the dusky sun beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dusky sun beetle as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dusky sun beetle?

The dusky sun beetle (Amara apricaria) 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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BibTeX
@misc{dusky_sun_beetle_2026,
  title = {Dusky sun beetle (Amara apricaria)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-sun-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}