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Species Harpalus pensylvanicus - Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle

Carabidae - Harpalus pensylvanicus Carabid - Harpalus pensylvanicus Bg2481 E6841 - Harpalus pensylvanicus Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle - Harpalus pensylvanicus Harpalus pensylvanicus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - male Harpalus pensylvanicus egg - Harpalus pensylvanicus Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus
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 pensylvanicus (Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle)
Other Common Names
Pennsylvania Ground Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Harpalus pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1774)
Range
CA-FL-NS-AK (1)
Remarks
Note the single n in pensylvanicus.
Note that a similar species, H. texanus Casey, occurs in the southeastern United States, and it is usually indistinguishable externally from H. pensylvanicus.
See the discussion Harpalus pensylvanicus vs H. texanus which proposes the creation of a special BugGuide page for this externally-inseparable complex when dealing with beetle populations in the coastal states of southeastern USA.
Internet References
The Ground Beetles of Eastern North Carolina Agriculture, NC State Extension Publications.
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.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 1 June, 2005 - 8:59am
Additional contributions by ghanley1, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Ted Kropiewnicki, Peter Messer, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 3:08pm

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