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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Harpalus » Subgenus Pseudoophonus (Harpalus Subgenus Pseudoophonus) » pensylvanicus group (Harpalus pensylvanicus group)
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Ground Beetle - Harpalus
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Ground Beetle - Harpalus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 5, 2006
Size: around 2cm

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 March, 2006 - 6:14am
Last updated 25 November, 2014 - 2:05pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Pseudoophonus.
… v belov, 25 November, 2014 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Harpalus, male
Assuming the size is an overestimation, this is either H. pensylvanicus or H. texanus. Indistinguishable from photos.

Note that the comment below about Notioba is incorrect. The tarsi on this beetle are consistent with Harpalus species. Also Notiobia is generally much smaller than indicated. N. terminatus mentioned is < 10 mm.
… Brad Barnd, 15 November, 2011 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'm often off on my guesses, though that would be off by quite a bit!
… Lynette Elliott, 16 November, 2011 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Harpalus.
… v belov, 18 November, 2009 - 5:02am login or register to post comments

Carabidae: Harpalus sp.
A Harpalus. The right person could probably put it to species.
… Donald S. Chandler, 16 March, 2006 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Harpalus
Thank you!
… Lynette Elliott, 16 March, 2006 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Harpalus sp
Judging from the ratio of the hind tarsus to the antennal scape, this is most likely the closely related Notiobia, and not Harpalus. My best guess is N. terminatus (Say 1823).
… Allan Morgan, 14 April, 2007 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Allan
Would you please consider filling out your account page to let people know your level of expertise?
… Lynette Elliott, 18 January, 2011 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

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