Hypharpax

Hypharpax australis, copyright Jon Sullivan.

Belongs within: Harpalitae.

Hypharpax is a genus of ground beetles found in Indonesia and Australasia, characterised by the presence of a tooth on the mentum, strongly setose abdominal ventrites and a stout hind tarsus.

Hypharpax Macleay 1825 [incl. Sagraemerus Redtenbacher 1867]LM87
|--*H. lateralis (Macleay 1825) [=Harpalus (*Hypharpax) lateralis]LM87
|--H. aereus (Dejean 1829) [=Harpalus aereus; incl. H. boisduvalii Castelnau 1867]LM87
|--H. assimilis (Macleay 1888) [=Haplaner assimilis]LM87
|--H. australasiae (Dejean 1829) [=Harpalus australasiae]LM87
|--H. australis (Dejean 1829) (see below for synonymy)LM87
|--H. bostockii (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus bostockii]LM87
|--H. convexiusculus (Macleay 1871) [=Harpalus convexiusculus]LM87
|--H. dentipes Wiedemann 1823 [incl. *Sagraemerus javanus Redtenbacher 1867]LM87
|--H. deyrollei (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus deyrolii, Ha. deyrollei]LM87
|--H. flavitarsis Chaudoir 1878LM87
|--H. flindersii (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus flindersii]LM87
|--H. habitans Sloane 1895LM87
|--H. interioris Sloane 1895LM87
|--H. kingii (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus kingii]LM87
|--H. kreftii (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus kreftii; incl. Hy. opacipennis Macleay 1888, Hy. varus Macleay 1888]LM87
|--‘Harpalus’ mandibularis Castelnau 1867 [=Diaphoromerus queenslandicus Csiki 1932, Hypharpax queenslandicus]LM87
|--H. moestus (Dejean 1829) (see below for synonymy)LM87
|--H. nitens Sloane 1911LM87
|--H. obsoletus Blackburn 1892LM87
|--H. peronii (Castelnau 1867) (see below for synonymy)LM87
|--H. puncticollis (Macleay 1888) [=Haplaner puncticollis]LM87
|--H. ranula (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus ranula]LM87
|--H. rotundipennis Chaudoir 1878LM87
|--H. sculpturalis (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus sculpturalis]LM87
|--H. sloanei Blackburn 1891LM87
|--H. subsericeus (Macleay 1888) [=Haplaner subsericeus]LM87
`--H. vilis Blackburn 1891LM87

Hypharpax australis (Dejean 1829) [=Harpalus australis; incl. Ha. coxii Castelnau 1867, Ha. inornatus Germar 1848, Hypharpax parvus Chaudoir 1878]LM87

Hypharpax moestus (Dejean 1829) [=Harpalus moestus, Diaphoromerus maestus (l. c.); incl. Ha. rana Castelnau 1867, Ha. tasmanicus Castelnau 1867, Ha. yarrae Castelnau 1867]LM87

Hypharpax peronii (Castelnau 1867) [=Harpalus peronii; incl. Hy. inornatus Blackburn 1888 non Ha. inornatus Germar 1848, Hy. latiusculus Chaudoir 1878, Harpalus novaehollandiae Castelnau 1867, Hy. puncticauda Bates 1878]LM87

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[LM87] Lawrence, J. F., B. P. Moore, J. E. Pyke & T. A. Weir. 1987. Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.

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