Harpalus froelichii
UKBAP Species
Yes
Size
8.5-10.5mm
Basic colour
Male shining black, female slightly duller.
Leg colour
Black with pale tarsi.
Harpalus dimidiatus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Harpalus
- Harpalus dimidiatus
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Harpalus froelichii
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Harpalus
- Harpalus froelichii
Common name
Brush-thighed Seed-eater
Description
Size: 8.5-10.5mm
Basic colour: Male shining black, female slightly duller.
Pronotoum: Sides evenly rounded and base straight; foveae linear and unpunctured; hind angles slightly rounded.
Leg colour: Black with pale tarsi.
Confusion species: Harpalus tardus
Basic colour: Male shining black, female slightly duller.
Pronotoum: Sides evenly rounded and base straight; foveae linear and unpunctured; hind angles slightly rounded.
Leg colour: Black with pale tarsi.
Confusion species: Harpalus tardus
Biology
Status: Scarce. Local in central southern England and East Anglia.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Sandy lowland heaths, sand pits and dunes.
Other notes: Antennae and palpi entirely pale brown. Front tibiae with a single row of ventral spines continuous with the pre-apical external spines; all femora with numerous ventral setae. Elytral striae deep, intervals slightly convex. Apical two abdominal segments with fine scattered pubescence. Wings present.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Sandy lowland heaths, sand pits and dunes.
Other notes: Antennae and palpi entirely pale brown. Front tibiae with a single row of ventral spines continuous with the pre-apical external spines; all femora with numerous ventral setae. Elytral striae deep, intervals slightly convex. Apical two abdominal segments with fine scattered pubescence. Wings present.
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Harpalus cupreus
RDB Category
Endangered
Basic colour
Shiny green
Leg colour
Orange brown
Harpalus affinis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Harpalus
- Harpalus affinis
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Harpalus calceatus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Pseudoophonus
- Harpalus calceatus
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Harpalus attenuatus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Harpalus
- Harpalus attenuatus
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Harpalus anxius
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Harpalus
- Harpalus anxius
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Harpalus cupreus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Harpalus
- Harpalus
- Harpalus cupreus
Description
Basic colour: Shiny green
Leg colour: Orange brown
Leg colour: Orange brown
Biology
Status: Known only from a field at Sandown, Isle of Wight. None recorded since 1914.
RDB Category: Endangered
RDB Category: Endangered
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Elaphrus riparius
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Elaphrus
- Trichelaphrus
- Elaphrus riparius