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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Harpalus » Subgenus Plectralidus (Harpalus Subgenus Plectralidus) » Harpalus erraticus

Species Harpalus erraticus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
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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 (Subgenus Plectralidus)
Species erraticus (Harpalus erraticus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Harpalus eraticus (original spelling accepted in(1)); erraticus became the prevalent spelling since 1833(2)
Explanation of Names
Harpalus erraticus Say 1823
Range
east of the Rocky Mts. (so.QC-SC-AL to se.AB-c.NM)(2)
Habitat
open places: vacant fields, sand & gravel pits, dunes, usually on sandy, mostly dry soils(3)
Season
autumn breeder(3)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America north of Mexico
Y. Bousquet and A. Larochelle. 1993. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 125: 1-397.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 October, 2007 - 2:57am
Additional contributions by tom murray, Peter Messer, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 2 December, 2014 - 2:05pm

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