Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: S. Mnguni. 2026. Taxonomic names, in Carabidae (Coleoptera: Harpalinae: Harpalini: Harpalina) from an Upper Cretaceous rock deposit at Orapa Diamond Mine in Botswana. Journal of Entomological Science 61:28-44

Belongs to Harpalus according to S. Mnguni 2026

Sister taxa: Harpalus abolitus, Harpalus amputatus, Harpalus bruckmanni, Harpalus conditus, Harpalus constrictus, Harpalus deletus, Harpalus dilatatus, Harpalus excavatus, Harpalus lheritieri, Harpalus maceratus, Harpalus mnguni, Harpalus nero, Harpalus nitens, Harpalus nkqwili, Harpalus nuperus, Harpalus obtusus, Harpalus oustaleti, Harpalus peteni, 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: BP/2/18669b, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.