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Species Harpalus texanus

Harpalus texanus - female Harpalus texanus - male Harpalus texanus - male 926C15 - Harpalus texanus - male 20190530 C3 - Harpalus texanus 20190530 C2 - Harpalus texanus - female 20190530 C4 - Harpalus texanus - male 20181116 10 - Harpalus texanus - female
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 Pseudoophonus)
No Taxon (pensylvanicus group)
Species texanus (Harpalus texanus)
Explanation of Names
Harpalus texanus Casey 1914
Identification
PWM update 4.x.2021. Very similar to H. pensylvanicus. Reliable ID should be based on examination of the internal sac of the aedeagus --see Ball & Anderson (1962). Otherwise, one can evaluate the more accessible apex of the aedeagus.
Aedeagus with shaft overall slightly wider; apex point slightly rounder vs shaft narrower; apex point sharper;
Pronotum with basal groove laterally more or less interrupted by punctures, but not consistently so and never extensively (extensively interrupted in H. pensylvanicus);
elytra much shinier (especially in males);
Pronotum slightly more constricted toward base;
Pronotal base with areas around depressions more convex and less uniformly punctate and rugulose vs flat portion across base larger, extending anterolaterally to sides more widely flattened, punctate coarsely and uniformly.
Range
Coastal Plain, NC-FL-eTX (1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Peter W. Messer on 26 November, 2014 - 6:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 November, 2022 - 9:33pm

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