Amara aulica (Panzer, 1796)

Ferreira, Raul Nascimento, 2015, Additions to the annotated checklist of Rhode Island beetles (Coleoptera ¡ Carabidae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 13, pp. 195-212 : 201

Amara aulica (Panzer, 1796)

Records: RHODE ISLAND, Kent Co., Warwick, Rocky Point, 13/ 14-VI-2014, 1 ex.

Note: First record for Rhode Island. This is an European adventive species. Introduced in this Continent in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia in 1929 ( Fall, 1934). Now known from Massachussetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. This species occurs on relatively dry ground in a variety of open habitats, especially near towns and ports and it is often abundant in seashore drift ( Davidson et al., 2011).