Additions to the annotated checklist of Rhode Island beetles (Coleoptera ¡ Carabidae). Author Ferreira, Raul Nascimento text Arquivos Entomolóxicos 2015 2015-02-24 13 195 212 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12714554 1989-6581 12714554 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 ).