Family Carabidae Rank Species | Genus Harpalus Order Beetle | |
Similar Harpalus, Beetle, Harpalus honestus, Harpalus tardus, Harpalus rubripes | ||
Harpalus smaragdinus is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic (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.
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.