Agonum
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| Agonum cupripenne specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Supertribe: | Platynitae |
| Tribe: | Platynini |
| Genus: | Agonum Bonelli, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Carabus marginatus Linne, 1758 |
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| Subgenera | |
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Several, see text |
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Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
The genus is generally native to the Holarctic and the Mediterranean region; their southern limit in Central Asia and the Himalaya region is less well understood, and they seem to range outward a bit out of their core regions (e.g. into East Africa).
They are wet-loving throughout their life cycle; the genus is well-represented in Ireland for example, where they are more plentiful than anywhere else in Europe.[1]
[edit] Subgenera and selected species
While some subgenera are accepted by most authors (e.g. Europhilus, Olisares and of course Agonum), others are of disputed validity. Moreover, subgeneric separation has historically been mostly focussed on European and Japanese species. The following list does not incorporate the most recent reviews and must be considered very preliminary.
Agonum (Agonothorax) Motschulsky, 1850 (sometimes in Olisares or Punctagonum)
- Agonum ericeti (Panzer, 1809)
- Agonum impressum (Panzer, 1796)
- Agonum sexpunctatum
- Agonum viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777)
Agonum (Agonum) Bonelli, 1810
- Agonum antennarium (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Agonum carbonarium Dejean, 1828
- Agonum chalconotum Menetries, 1832
- Agonum chinense Boheman, 1858 (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum curvipes (C. R. Sahlberg 1827) (sometimes in Olisares)
- Agonum dolens
- Agonum hexacoelum
- Agonum kretaense Kirschenhofer, 1982
- Agonum liebherri J.Schmidt, 2008 (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum marginatum (Linne, 1758)
- Agonum monachum (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Agonum muelleri
- Agonum nigrum Dejean, 1828
- Agonum numidicum Lucas, 1849
- Agonum pirata
- Agonum quinquepunctatum
- Agonum rugicolle Chaudoir, 1846
- Agonum scintillans Boheman, 1858 (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum sordidum Dejean, 1828
Agonum (Deratanchus) (sometimes in Olisares)
Agonum (Europhilus) Chaudoir, 1859
- Agonum consimile (Gyllenhal, 1810)
- Agonum exaratum (Mannerheim, 1853)
- Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809)
- Agonum gracile Sturm, 1824
- Agonum micans (Nicolai, 1822)
- Agonum munsteri (Hellen, 1935)
- Agonum piceum (Linne, 1758)
- Agonum scitulum Dejean, 1828
- Agonum temperei (Aubry, 1974) (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828
Agonum (Melanagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)
- Agonum afrum
- Agonum duftschmidi J.Schmidt, 1994
- Agonum extensum
- Agonum gerdmuelleri J.Schmidt, 1994
- Agonum gisellae
- Agonum hypocrita (Apfelbeck, 1904)
- Agonum longicorne Chaudoir, 1846
- Agonum lugens (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Agonum nitidum
- Agonum permoestum Puel, 1938
- Agonum pseudomoestum Schuler, 1963
- Agonum versutum Sturm, 1824
- Agonum viduum (Panzer, 1796)
Agonum (Micragonum) (sometimes in Olisares)
Agonum (Platynomicrus) (sometimes in Agonum)
- Agonum bicolor (Dejean, 1828)
Agonum (Punctagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)
Agonum (Stereagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)
Agonum (Stictanchus) (sometimes in Agonum)
- Agonum gracilipes (Duftschmid, 1812)
[edit] References
- ^ "Carabidae of Ireland". The Irish Fauna. National Museums Northern Ireland. 2006. http://www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/fauna.html. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Agonum at Wikimedia Commons- Agonum at Fauna Europaea
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