Agonum
| Agonum | |
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| Agonum octopunctatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Tribe: | Platynini |
| Genus: | Agonum Bonelli, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Carabus marginatus Linne, 1758
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| Subgenera | |
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Several, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agonium Solier, 1849 | |
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.
Motschulsky, 1850 (sometimes in Olisares or Punctagonum)
- Agonum ericeti (Panzer, 1809)
- Agonum impressum (Panzer, 1796)
- Agonum sexpunctatum
- Agonum viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777)
Bonelli, 1810
- Agonum angustatum Dejean, 1828
- Agonum antennarium (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Agonum carbonarium Dejean, 1828
- Agonum chalconotum Menetries, 1832
- Boheman, 1858 (tentatively placed here)
- (C. R. Sahlberg 1827) (sometimes in Olisares)
- Agonum dolens
- Kirschenhofer, 1982
- J.Schmidt, 2008 (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum marginatum (Linne, 1758)
- (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Agonum muelleri
- Dejean, 1828
- Lucas, 1849
- Chaudoir, 1846
- Boheman, 1858 (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum sordidum Dejean, 1828
(sometimes in Olisares)
Chaudoir, 1859
- Agonum consimile (Gyllenhal, 1810)
- Agonum exaratum (Mannerheim, 1853)
- Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809)
- Agonum gracile Sturm, 1824
- Agonum micans (Nicolai, 1822)
- (Hellen, 1935)
- Agonum piceum (Linne, 1758)
- Agonum scitulum Dejean, 1828
- (Aubry, 1974) (tentatively placed here)
- Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828
(sometimes in Olisares)
- Agonum duftschmidi J.Schmidt, 1994
- J.Schmidt, 1994
- Agonum hypocrita (Apfelbeck, 1904)
- Chaudoir, 1846
- Agonum lugens (Duftschmid, 1812)
- Agonum nitidum
- Agonum permoestum Puel, 1938
- Schuler, 1963
- Agonum versutum Sturm, 1824
- Agonum viduum (Panzer, 1796)
(sometimes in Olisares)
(sometimes in Agonum)
- Agonum bicolor (Dejean, 1828)
- Agonum nigriceps LeConte, 1846
(sometimes in Olisares)
(sometimes in Olisares)
(sometimes in Agonum)
- Agonum gracilipes (Duftschmid, 1812)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Carabidae of Ireland". The Irish Fauna. National Museums Northern Ireland. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
External links[]
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