Amara bifrons

(Gyllenhal, 1810)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

bare sand and chalk 390 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

58 since 2000 121 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

14 since 2000 35 all time

Earliest occurrence

1900

Latest occurrence

2020

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Lapwings Consultants.

Natural Resources Wales. Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal, 1810) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000087248 (Accessed 08 November 2025).