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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Harpalus » Harpalus group (Harpalus Harpalus group) » subgenus Harpalus (Harpalus subgenus Harpalus) » Harpalus affinis

Species Harpalus affinis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
Harpalini sp.? - Harpalus affinis stout, green carabid - Harpalus affinis Shiny green Beetle - Harpalus affinis Shiny green Beetle - Harpalus affinis Ground beetle - Harpalus affinis Harpalus affinis? - Harpalus affinis Unknown Beetle - Harpalus affinis Green beetle - Harpalus affinis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Harpalitae
Tribe Harpalini
Subtribe Harpalina
Genus Harpalus
No Taxon (Harpalus group)
No Taxon (subgenus Harpalus)
Species affinis (Harpalus affinis)
Explanation of Names
Harpalus affinis (Schrank, 1781)
affini (L). 'allied, related' (1)
Size
8.5 to 12 mm (2)
Range
adventive to ne and w NA - Map (3)(4), native to the Palaearctic
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
3.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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