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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) » rufipes group (Harpalus rufipes group) » Strawberry Seed Beetle (Harpalus rufipes)

Species Harpalus rufipes - Strawberry Seed Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · 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 Pseudoophonus)
No Taxon (rufipes group)
Species rufipes (Strawberry Seed Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Harpalus rufipes (DeGeer)
Orig. Comb: Carabus rufipes DeGeer, 1774
Identification
A distinctive Harpalus showing combination of pale legs, dense yellowish pubescence on elytra and base of pronotum, sinuate pronotum with sharp hind angles.
Range
Adventive in ne US, se Can. (1)
Print References
Hajek AE, Hannam JJ, Nielsen C, Bell AJ, Liebherr JK (2009) Erratum: Harpalus rufipes (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is not known from New York state. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102: 913.
Zhang J, Drummond F, Liebman M (1994) Spread of Harpalus rufipes DeGeer (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in eastern Canada and the United States. Entomology (Trends in Agriculture Sciences) 2: 67-71.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by tom murray on 29 March, 2006 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 April, 2014 - 7:06pm

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