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Subfamily Harpalinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
carabid larva - Chlaenius Dicaelus sculptilis Teneb? - Bradycellus nigrinus Cymindis sp.? - Cymindis platicollis Amber-colored Ground Beetle - Platynus brunneomarginatus beetle extracted from my ear canal by doctor - Harpalus compar Harpalini - Harpalus Apenes lucidula? - Apenes lucidula
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
more recently circumscribed narrowly, e.g. in (1), with the taxa of our fauna currently treated in Harpalinae in BG divided between Ctenodactylinae, Dryptinae, Harpalinae, Lebiinae, Licininae, Panagaeinae, Platyninae, and Pterostichinae
Explanation of Names
Harpalinae Bonelli 1810
Numbers
by far the largest carabid subfamily, with ~1230 spp. in ~120 genera of 23 tribes in our area, ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 May, 2005 - 8:40am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 20 May, 2025 - 8:20pm

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