Coleoptera (Harpalobius), Reitter, 1900

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 708

Subgenus Harpalobius Reitter, 1900

Harpalobius Reitter, 1900: 76. Type species: Harpalus fuscipalpis Sturm, 1818 designated by Habu (1973a: 68). Etymology. From the generic name Harpalus [q.v.] and the Greek bios (life) [masculine].

Harpalellus Lindroth, 1968: 815. Type species: Harpalus basilaris Kirby, 1837 (= Harpalus fuscipalpis Sturm, 1818) by original designation. Synonymy established by Kataev (1989: 219). Etymology. From the generic name Harpalus [q.v.] and the suffix - ellus (small, little) [masculine].

Diversity.

Four Palaearctic species, of which one is Holarctic.

Identification.

The North American species was covered in Lindroth (1968: 815-817) monograph under the name Harpalellus basilaris .