Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of rice field banks and restored habitats in an agricultural area of the Po Plain (Lombardy, Italy) Author Pilon, Nicola Author Cardarelli, Elisa Author Bogliani, Giuseppe text Biodiversity Data Journal 2013 1 972 972 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e972 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e972 1314-2828--972 littorea Amara Carabidae Polyphaga Coleoptera Endopterygota Pterygota Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Amara littorea C.G. Thomson, 1857 Notes Asiatic-European. Open habitats, xerophilous. Macropterous, with summer larvae. Small size. Zoospermatophagous. Recorded with certainty for the first time in Italy ( Cardarelli and Pilon 2012 ). Rare in the study area (n = 1); recorded in herbaceous buffer strips only.