The Influence of Landscape Heterogeneity - Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Fthiotida, Central Greece Chapman, Anna Nicola Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1082 1082 De Geer, 1774 De Geer 1774 Insecta Carabidae Amara CoL Animalia Amara (Amara) aenea Coleoptera 0 1082 Arthropoda species aenea Amara  Distribution From Macaronesia across Europe and the Mediterranean Region to Western Siberia (http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=382134).  Notes Xerophilous species, mainly inhabiting grassland, gardens, dunes and wasteland ( Luff 2007). In agricultural land it is found in arable cultivations, pastureland, clover and alfalfa fields ( Thiele 1977), where it prefers autumn planted crops ( Holland and Luff 2000). In this study it was rare. It was found in the maize field in the heterogeneous area (n = 2) and in the olive grove in the homogeneous area (n = 2).