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Harpalus nigritarsis
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Identification:
Elytral epipleura dark brown; femora and tarsi infuscated. The two last segments of maxillary palpi almost constantly infuscated; legs often bright rufous; appendages darkened. Prothorax with protruding front angles, evenly rounded sides, and hind angles, but the foveae are larger and deeper; elytral microsulpture regularly isodiametric.
Range:
Holarctic and probably circumpolar. Found in North America, north to Newfoundland, Southern Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitouba, British Columbia and Kenai, Alaska; south to the northern United States.
Natural History:
Inhabits open, dry, firm soil with dense, but short vegetation of grasses, etc.
References:
Kavanaugh, D. H. 1992. Carabid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences Number 16. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.
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