Harpalus smaragdinus

Harpalus smaragdinus is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic realm, including Europe and the Near East. In Europe, it is only absent in the following countries or islands: Andorra, the Azores, Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Corsica, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, the Faroe Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Iceland, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean islands, Novaya Zemlya, Portugal, San Marino, Sardinia, the Savage Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sicily, and Vatican City. Its presence on the island of Cyprus is doubtful. It is also found in such Asian countries as Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Chinese province of Xinjiang, and all of the Central Asian republics except for Azerbaijan.[1]

Harpalus smaragdinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Harpalus
Species:
H. smaragdinus
Binomial name
Harpalus smaragdinus
(Duftschmid, 1812)
Synonyms[1]
  • Harpalus discoideus Erichsan, 1837
  • Harpalus discriminatus J. Jacquet, 1942
  • Harpalus duftschmidii Sturm, 1818
  • Harpalus perplexus Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Carabus petisii Duftschmid, 1812
  • Harpalus reinigi Schaubenger, 1934

Description

The species head is broad at the ocelli unlike the other species of the genus that have it far back. It mandibles are more pointed, with a tiny basal swelling. It is similar to Harpalus affinis the only difference of which is gradually rounded nasale between teeth, but its smaller than in Harpalus serripes.[2]

References
  1. "Harpalus (Harpalus) smaragdinus (Duftschmid, 1812)". Carabidae of the World. November 1, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 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. p. 150. ISBN 90-04-09836-4. ISSN 0106-8377.


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