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Harpalinae
Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains roughly 6,400 species worldwide. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. Some are, rare among ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores.
7 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Harpalini
tribeHarpalini
Stenolophini
tribeStenolophini
Anisodactylini
tribeAnisodactylini
Pseudomorphini
tribePseudomorphini
Pelmatellini
tribePelmatellini
Lachnophorini
tribeLachnophorini
Xenaroswellianini
tribeXenaroswellianini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Harpalinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 202104.