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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Harpalus |
| Species: | H. smaragdinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpalus smaragdinus (Duftschmid, 1812) | |
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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
- "Harpalus (Harpalus) smaragdinus (Duftschmid, 1812)". Carabidae of the World. November 1, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- 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.
External links
- Harpalus smaragdinus on Carabidae of Romania
- Images of Harpalus smaragdinus on Coleoptera.org
- Harpalus smaragdinus on Kharkov Naturalist
- Harpalus smaragdinus on Meloidae.com
- Harpalus smaragdinus