Harpalus (Plectralidus), Casey, 1914

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 691

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416

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scientific name

Harpalus (Plectralidus)
status

 

Subgenus Plectralidus Casey, 1914

Plectralidus Casey, 1914: 72. Type species: Harpalus erraticus Say, 1823 designated by El-Moursy (1959: 37). Etymology. From the Greek plectron (spur), probably alluding to the dentiform process on the elytral edge delimiting laterally the subapical sinuation ("external dentition of the elytral apices") [masculine].

Diversity.

Two North American species.

Identification.

El-Moursy (1959) and Noonan (1991: 131-135) revised the species. Both species were also treated by Lindroth (1968: 766-767).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Hexapoda

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Harpalus

Loc

Harpalus (Plectralidus)

Bousquet, Yves 2012
2012
Loc

Plectralidus

Casey 1914
1914
Loc

Harpalus erraticus

Say 1823
1823