Harpalus froelichii Sturm, 1818
Taxonomy: Adephaga > Carabidae > Harpalus > Harpalus > Harpalus froelichii
Common name:
Brush-thighed Seed-eater
Images
Source:
Roger Key
Source:
Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 8.5-10.5mm
Basic colour: Male shining black, female slightly duller.
Pronotoum: Sides evenly rounded and base straight; foveae linear and unpunctured; hind angles slightly rounded.
Leg colour: Black with pale tarsi.
Confusion species: Harpalus tardus
Basic colour: Male shining black, female slightly duller.
Pronotoum: Sides evenly rounded and base straight; foveae linear and unpunctured; hind angles slightly rounded.
Leg colour: Black with pale tarsi.
Confusion species: Harpalus tardus
Biology
Status: Scarce. Local in central southern England and East Anglia.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Sandy lowland heaths, sand pits and dunes.
Other notes: Antennae and palpi entirely pale brown. Front tibiae with a single row of ventral spines continuous with the pre-apical external spines; all femora with numerous ventral setae. Elytral striae deep, intervals slightly convex. Apical two abdominal segments with fine scattered pubescence. Wings present.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Sandy lowland heaths, sand pits and dunes.
Other notes: Antennae and palpi entirely pale brown. Front tibiae with a single row of ventral spines continuous with the pre-apical external spines; all femora with numerous ventral setae. Elytral striae deep, intervals slightly convex. Apical two abdominal segments with fine scattered pubescence. Wings present.
Articles
Luff, M.L. & Eyre, M.D. (2012). Harpalus froelichii Sturm and other Carabidae from Lincolnshire. The Coleopterist 21(1): 37.