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

Genus Harpalus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited
Ground Beetle - Amarini tribe? - Harpalus pensylvanicus brownish-orange beetle - top - Harpalus indianus Ground Beetle - Harpalus Carabid #36 - Harpalus pensylvanicus Ground Beetle - Harpalus pensylvanicus - male Ground beetle - Harpalus Ground Beetle - Harpalus fraternus Pennsylvania Beetle - Harpalus caliginosus
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
pages in this section may need updates to accommodate changes introduced in (1)
Explanation of Names
Harpalus Latreille 1802
Greek, 'greedy'(2)
Numbers
>70 spp. in 19 subgenera in our area, >400 spp. in 70 subgenera worldwide(1)
Size
3.9–28.0 mm (worldwide)(1)
Range
mostly Holarctic, with some representation in the Oriental & Afrotropical Regions(3)
Works Cited
1.Classification of the genus Harpalus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the World based on imaginal morphology
Kataev B.M. 2023. Diversity 15, 971. 137 pp.
2.An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana.
Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.
3.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 September, 2004 - 12:19am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 9 September, 2023 - 3:01pm

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