Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. Some are, rare among ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores.
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
Pterostichus is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,100 species. The beetles are predatory, but sometimes feed on strawberries. They can be found under rocks and prefer slightly moist, sandy soil although preferences differ between species.
Cymindis is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa.
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles.
Colpodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pristosia is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 100 described species in Pristosia, found in southern and eastern Asia.
Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.
Abacetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species. It contains the following species:
Holconotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. The scientific name of the genus is for the first time published in 1846 by Schmidt-Goebel. Contains the following species:
Caelostomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains the following species:
Lesticus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1828.
Trigonognatha is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Stomis is a genus of woodland ground beetles in the family Carabidae.
Tapinopterus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trigonotoma is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lesticus episcopalis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Dubault, Lassalle & Roux in 2008.
Lesticus nigroviolaceus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Dubault, Lassalle & Roux in 2008.
