Agonum

Agonum
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
Subgenera

Several, see text

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; for example, the genus is well represented in Ireland, where they are more plentiful than anywhere else in Europe.[1]

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 species (and Anchomenus dorsalis in lower right corner) from Edmund Reitter's Fauna Germanica (1908)

Agonum (Agonothorax) Motschulsky, 1850 (sometimes in Olisares or Punctagonum)

Agonum (Agonum) Bonelli, 1810

  • Agonum angustatum Dejean, 1828
  • 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 (Melanagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Micragonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Olisares)

Agonum (Platynomicrus) (sometimes in Agonum)

Agonum (Punctagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Stereagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Stictanchus) (sometimes in Agonum)

References

  1. ↑ "Carabidae of Ireland". The Irish Fauna. National Museums Northern Ireland. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
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