Harpalus obtusus Förster 1891 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Alternative combination: Harpalus offusus

Full reference: B. Förster. 1891. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1:335-593

Belongs to Harpalus according to N. Theobald 1937

See also Förster 1891

Sister taxa: Harpalus abolitus, Harpalus amputatus, Harpalus bruckmanni, Harpalus conditus, Harpalus constrictus, Harpalus deletus, Harpalus dilatatus, Harpalus excavatus, Harpalus lheritieri, Harpalus maceratus, Harpalus nero, Harpalus nitens, Harpalus nuperus, Harpalus oustaleti, Harpalus pleistocenicus, Harpalus pusillus, Harpalus redivivus, Harpalus sinis, Harpalus stierlini, Harpalus stygius, Harpalus tabidus, Harpalus tardigradus, Harpalus ulomaeformis, Harpalus veterum, Harpalus vittatus, Harpalus whitfieldii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d2, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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