genus
Amara
Amara is a genus in the family Carabidae. This database currently files 645 species under it, recorded across 70 countries.
- Species filed
- 645
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 70
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Amara
Ranked by popularity score.
Dusky sun beetle
Amara apricaria
Social sun beetle
Amara familiaris
Magnificent sun beetle
Amara aulica
Interrupted Sunshiner
Amara communis
Pale Moonshiner
Amara bifrons
Rumble-backed Sunshiner
Amara eurynota
Mesophile Sunshiner
Amara lunicollis
Narrow-dimpled Sunshiner
Amara similata
Where is Amara found?
Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 1–7
- 8–35
- 36–48
- 49+
- China226
- Kazakhstan100
- Mongolia81
- Canada71
- Italy71
- Spain69
- France69
- Kyrgyzstan61
- Ukraine61
- Austria57
- Romania56
- Bulgaria54
- Germany52
- Turkmenistan50
- Armenia49
- Switzerland49
- Georgia49
- Greece49
- Slovakia49
- Poland48
The 200 best-known species in Amara
Of 645 on file.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dusky sun beetle | Amara apricaria | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 45 |
| Social sun beetle | Amara familiaris | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 45 |
| Magnificent sun beetle | Amara aulica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 40 |
| Interrupted Sunshiner | Amara communis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 38 |
| Pale Moonshiner | Amara bifrons | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 38 |
| Rumble-backed Sunshiner | Amara eurynota | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 42 |
| Mesophile Sunshiner | Amara lunicollis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 34 |
| Narrow-dimpled Sunshiner | Amara similata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 43 |
| Early Sunshiner | Amara famelica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 31 |
| Red harp ground beetle | Amara rubrica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Marked ground beetle | Amara sinuosa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Lake-loving sun beetle | Amara lacustris | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Brassy harp ground beetle | Amara chalcea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Wormwood Moonshiner | Amara fusca | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 25 |
| Great trident-spurred Sunshiner | Amara strenua | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 9 |
| Idaho sun beetle | Amara idahoana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Heath sun beetle | Amara infima | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 22 |
| Tiny sun beetle | Amara concinna | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 16 |
| Not recorded | Amara metallescens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 9 |
| Not recorded | Amara armeniaca | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 5 |
| Not recorded | Amara kinitzi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara aenea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 54 |
| Not recorded | Amara aeneola | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara aeneopolita | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara africana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara andrewesi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara anthobia | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 30 |
| Not recorded | Amara anxia | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara arusiensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara bamidunyae | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 10 |
| Not recorded | Amara basillaris | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara begemdirica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara biarticulata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Not recorded | Amara chalcites | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara clarkei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara coelebs | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara conflata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara confusa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara congrua | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara consericea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara convexa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara convexior | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 32 |
| Not recorded | Amara coraica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara crassispina | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara cupreolata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara curta | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 32 |
| Not recorded | Amara darjelingensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Not recorded | Amara depressangula | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara dolosa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara elborzensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara elgonica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara emancipata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara externefoveata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara fairmairei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara fairmaireoides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara haywardi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara impuncticollis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara katajewi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara kilimandjarica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara kingdoni | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara kingdonoides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara laevissima | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara laferi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara leleupi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara littoralis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara littorea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 27 |
| Not recorded | Amara lucida | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 38 |
| Not recorded | Amara lukasi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara macrovata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara magnicollis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara makolskii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 6 |
| Not recorded | Amara montivaga | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 25 |
| Not recorded | Amara morio | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 12 |
| Not recorded | Amara neoscotica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara nigricornis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 18 |
| Not recorded | Amara nila | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara nitida | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 25 |
| Not recorded | Amara obscuripes | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Not recorded | Amara occidentalis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara orienticola | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara otiosa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara ovata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 41 |
| Not recorded | Amara petrimontii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara pomona | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara proxima | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 20 |
| Not recorded | Amara pseudocoraica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara pseudoleleupi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara pulpani | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 9 |
| Not recorded | Amara robusta | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara sanjuanensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara saphyrea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 11 |
| Not recorded | Amara schilenkovi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara schimperi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 10 |
| Not recorded | Amara sera | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara sericea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara shaanxiensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara silvestrii | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Not recorded | Amara spreta | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 21 |
| Not recorded | Amara subconvexa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 8 |
| Not recorded | Amara sundukowi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara tenax | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara termaberensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara tibialis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 35 |
| Not recorded | Amara turbata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara ussuriensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara violacea | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara ellipsis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara erratica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 29 |
| Not recorded | Amara farcta | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara interstitialis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Not recorded | Amara laevipennis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara lugens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara moerens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara nexa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara patruelis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara rugulifera | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara sodalicia | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Amara tenebrionella | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara transberingiensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara abdominalis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 11 |
| Not recorded | Amara fedtschenkoi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 4 |
| Not recorded | Amara karalangana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara microdera | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara parvicollis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 9 |
| Not recorded | Amara rubens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara rufescens | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 20 |
| Not recorded | Amara silfverbergi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara stulta | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara subplanata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara helva | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 3 |
| Not recorded | Amara megacephala | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara diaphana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara asymmetrica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara kenzanensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara vixdentata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara colasi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara liouvillei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara mairei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara notha | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara kaszabiella | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara alecto | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara altiphila | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara altissima | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara amnenkorensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara arrowi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara astrophila | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara banjyangi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara bhutanensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara bicolorata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara bispinula | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara bowashanensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara bradyta | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara carexiphaga | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara celioides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara chaklaensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara chamdoensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara charis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara chumbiensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara coarctiloba | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara cubicollis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara curtonotoides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 2 |
| Not recorded | Amara dentibasis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara deuvei | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara dongolaensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara everesti | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara franzi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara golmudensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hartmanni | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara heinzorum | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hejkali | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hengduanshanica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara heterolata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hiekeposthuma | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hingstoni | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara histrio | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hypsela | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara hypseloides | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara jajalaensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara jannui | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara jumlana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara kampalaensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara kangtissuensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara karolana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara karolanella | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara khumbuensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara langtangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara lhatsensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara lhozhangensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara lyrata | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara manasluensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara martensi | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara mimetica | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara mondalaensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara mopsa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara nepalensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara nyingtriensis | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara pisangana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara platynota | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara religiosa | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Not recorded | Amara sachiana | Carabidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |