Amara fusca

UKBAP Species: 

Yes

RDB Category: 

Vulnerable

Size: 

7.5-8.5mm

Basic colour: 

Mid to dark brown with a brassy metallic reflection.

Pattern colour: 

Elytra sometimes reddish.

Leg colour: 

Mid to light brown

Amara fusca

Authority: 

Dejean, 1828

Common name: 

Wormwood Moonshiner
Size: 7.5-8.5mm
Basic colour: Mid to dark brown with a brassy metallic reflection.
Pattern colour: Elytra sometimes reddish.
Pronotoum: Narrower than the elytra, sides evenly rounded just in front of hind angles which are minutely toothed.
Leg colour: Mid to light brown
Confusion species: Amara consularis
, Confusion species: Amara equestris

UK Priority Species data collation Amara fusca

Amara famelica

Authority: 

Zimmermann, 1832

Common name: 

Early Sunshiner
Size: 6.7-9.0mm
Basic colour: Black.
Pattern colour: with a bronze or greenish reflection.
Pronotoum: Pronotal sides parallel-sided in front of hind angles, base not punctured, inner foveae linear, outer foveae reduced to a small pit.
Leg colour: Black
Confusion species: Amara spreta

UK Priority Species data collation Amara famelica

 

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