Harpalus serripes

Harpalus serripes is a species of black coloured[1] ground beetle which can be found in the Palearctic realm and the Near East. In Europe, it can be found in Albania, Benelux, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia, Central Europe, and southern and central parts of Russia. It is also found in such Near Eastern countries as Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and into Algeria of North Africa.[1]

Harpalus serripes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Harpalus
Species:
H. serripes
Binomial name
Harpalus serripes
(Quensel in Schonherr, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Harpalus subchalybaeus Reitter, 1900

Description

The species have a pair of lateral teeth that are located on each side. It mandible is simple, with its setae and tergum are both long. The first instar egg-bursters have only one tooth, while its femora have up to 10 setae. Its anal tube is 0.6 millimetres (0.024 in) in length, which is the same length of its head, and is shorter than its cersi.[2]

Further distribution

A female species was found in Wallasey sandhills in March 1882.[3]

References
  1. "Harpalus (Harpalus) serripes (Quensel, 1806)". Carabidae of the World. November 1, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  2. Martin L. Luff (1993). The Carabidae (Coleoptera) Larvae of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 27. Leiden, New York City: E. J. Brill. pp. 150–151. ISBN 90-04-09836-4. ISSN 0106-8377.
  3. "Proceedings of the Liverpool Biological Society: 1886-1888". 1–2. Liverpool Biological Society. 1887: 196. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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