''Acinopus creticus'' is a species of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it ...

in the subfamily

Harpalinae Harpalinae is the largest subfamily of ground beetles, containing more than 19,000 species worldwide. Biology This subfamily contains the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. The morphology of spe ...

and subgenus ''

Acinopus (Acinopus) ''Acinopus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: * '' Acinopus almeriensis'' Mateu, 1954 * '' Acinopus ambiguus'' Dejean, 1829 * '' Acinopus ammophilus'' Dejean, 1829 * ''Acinopus antoinei ''Aci ...

''.

References

Harpalinae Beetles described in 1947 {{Harpalinae-stub