The Influence of Landscape Heterogeneity - Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Fthiotida, Central Greece Author Chapman, Anna Nicola text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1082 1082 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1082 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1082 1314-2828-2-1082 Amara (Amara) aenea (De Geer, 1774) 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).