Harpalus affinis

Harpalus affinis

''Harpalus affinis'' is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Australian region and the Near East.
Harpalus (Harpalus) affinis (Schrank, 1781) 10 mm long Carabidae Fall,France,Geotagged,Harpalus affinis

Appearance

The species is 8.5–12 millimetres long and is black coloured with colourful metallic reflections on its shin. Their shin is metallic bronze, green or blue coloured.
8mm of Meanness I had no idea what I would find at 1:1 on this guy. Looks like size doesn't tell the whole story! Clivina,Clivina fossor,Geotagged,Harpalus affinis,United States

Distribution

In Europe, it is only absent in the following countries or islands: the Azores, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, the Faroe Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Iceland, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean islands, Novaya Zemlya, San Marino, the Savage Islands, Sicily, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City. Its presence on the Balearic Islands and Sardinia is doubtful.

In Siberia, the species is found on the Lena River.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCarabidae
GenusHarpalus
SpeciesH. affinis