Harpalus rufipes

Harpalus rufipes is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae.[1] It was described by Degeer in 1774.[1] Harpalus rufipes is native to Europe.[2][3] Harpalus rufipes acts as a biological agent to pest and a study has shown the beetle is sensitive to engine oil and diesel oil.[4][5]

Harpalus rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Harpalus
Species:
H. rufipes
Binomial name
Harpalus rufipes
(Degeer, 1774)

References

  1. "Harpalus Latreille, 1802: 92". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Carl H. Lindroth 1974 Coleoptera. Carabidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 4 Part 2. Royal Entomological Society,London pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Cavaliere, F.; Brandmayr, P.; Giulianini, P. G.; Vommaro, M. L.; Giglio, A. (2019-07-01). "Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) rufipes as a model to study cellular and humoral immune defence strategies in coleopteran species". Invertebrate Survival Journal: 92–104. doi:10.25431/1824-307X/isj.v0i0.92-104. ISSN 1824-307X.
  5. Gospodarek, Janina; Petryszak, Przemysław (2019-09-17). "The Effect of Soil Pollution by Oil Derivatives on Harpalus rufipes Deg. (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 28 (6): 4163–4170. doi:10.15244/pjoes/99565. ISSN 1230-1485.


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