''Agonum'' is a large

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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 ...

s in the

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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 ...

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Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or

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, but sometimes black, green etc. The genus is generally native to the

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and the

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region; their southern limit in

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and the

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region is less well understood, and they seem to range outward a bit out of their core regions (e.g. into

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). They are wet-loving throughout their life cycle; for example, the genus is well represented in

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, where they are more plentiful than anywhere else in

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Species

These species and subgenera belong to the genus ''Agonum''. ; Subgenus Agonum Bonelli, 1810 : '' Agonum antennarium'' (Duftschmid, 1812) : '' Agonum atlantis'' Antoine, 1957 : '' Agonum bicolor'' (Dejean, 1828) : '' Agonum carbonarium'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum chalcomum'' (Bates, 1873) : '' Agonum chalconotum'' Ménétriés, 1832 : '' Agonum chinense'' (Boheman, 1858) : '' Agonum dorsostriatum'' Fairmaire, 1889 : '' Agonum fallax'' (A.Morawitz, 1862) : ''

Agonum gracilipes ''Agonum gracilipes'' is a species of ground beetle in the Platyninae subfamily. It is found everywhere in Europe except for Andorra, Monaco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Vatican City Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (; ) ...

'' (Duftschmid, 1812) : '' Agonum humerosum'' (Semenov, 1889) : '' Agonum illocatum'' (Walker, 1858) : '' Agonum liebherri'' J.Schmidt, 2008 : '' Agonum madagascariense'' (Chaudoir, 1843) : '' Agonum marginatum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) : '' Agonum menetriesii'' Faldermann, 1839 : '' Agonum mesostictum'' (Bates, 1889) : '' Agonum monachum'' (Duftschmid, 1812) : '' Agonum mongolicum'' Shilenkov, 1993 : '' Agonum muelleri'' (Herbst, 1784) : '' Agonum nigrum'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum numidicum'' (Lucas, 1846) : '' Agonum piceolum'' (LeConte, 1879) : '' Agonum placidum'' (Say, 1823) : '' Agonum rugicolle'' Chaudoir, 1846 : '' Agonum scintillans'' (Boheman, 1858) : '' Agonum scotti'' Burgeon, 1937 : '' Agonum semicupreum'' Fairmaire, 1887 : '' Agonum sordidum'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum straeleni'' (Basilewsky, 1953) ; Subgenus Europhilus Chaudoir, 1859 : '' Agonum anchomenoides'' Randall, 1838 : '' Agonum bellicum'' Lutshnik, 1934 : '' Agonum canadense'' Goulet, 1969 : '' Agonum charillus'' (Bates, 1883) : '' Agonum consimile'' (Gyllenhal, 1810) : '' Agonum darlingtoni'' Lindroth, 1954 : '' Agonum exaratum'' (Mannerheim, 1853) : '' Agonum fuliginosum'' (Panzer, 1809) : '' Agonum galvestonicum'' (Casey, 1920) : '' Agonum gracile'' Sturm, 1824 : '' Agonum gratiosum'' (Mannerheim, 1853) : '' Agonum jurecekianum'' Jedlicka, 1952 : '' Agonum lutulentum'' (LeConte, 1854) : '' Agonum micans'' (Nicolai, 1822) : '' Agonum munsteri'' (Hellén, 1935) : '' Agonum nipponicum'' Habu, 1972 : '' Agonum palustre'' Goulet, 1969 : '' Agonum persecretum'' Antoine, 1941 : '' Agonum piceum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) : '' Agonum picicornoides'' Lindroth, 1966 : ''

Agonum retractum ''Agonum retractum'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' LeConte, 1846 : '' Agonum scitulum'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum simile'' Kirby, 1837 : '' Agonum sordens'' Kirby, 1837 : '' Agonum subtruncatum'' (Motschulsky, 1860) : '' Agonum superioris'' Lindroth, 1966 : '' Agonum temperei'' (Aubry, 1974) : '' Agonum thoreyi'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum variolatum'' (LeConte, 1851) ; Subgenus Olisares Motschulsky, 1865 : '' Agonum aeruginosum'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum affine'' Kirby, 1837 : '' Agonum albicrus'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum anthracinum'' Dejean, 1831 : '' Agonum basale'' LeConte, 1846 : '' Agonum belleri'' (Hatch, 1933) : '' Agonum brevicolle'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum collare'' (Say, 1830) : '' Agonum corvus'' (LeConte, 1860) : '' Agonum crenistriatum'' (LeConte, 1863) : '' Agonum crenulatum'' (LeConte, 1854) : '' Agonum cupreum'' Dejean, 1831 : '' Agonum cupripenne'' (Say, 1823) : ''

Agonum cyanopis ''Agonum cyanopis'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America a ...

'' (Bates, 1882) : '' Agonum cyclifer'' (Bates, 1884) : '' Agonum daimio'' (Bates, 1873) : '' Agonum deceptivum'' (LeConte, 1879) : '' Agonum decorum'' (Say, 1823) : '' Agonum deplanatum'' Ménétriés, 1843 : '' Agonum dolens'' (C.R.Sahlberg, 1827) : '' Agonum duftschmidi'' J.Schmidt, 1994 : '' Agonum elongatulum'' (Dejean, 1828) : '' Agonum emarginatum'' (Gyllenhal, 1827) : '' Agonum ericeti'' (Panzer, 1809) : '' Agonum errans'' (Say, 1823) : ''

Agonum excavatum ''Agonum excavatum'' is a species of ground beetle from Platyninae subfamily that can be found in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Suffolk County ( ) is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census ...

'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum extensicolle'' (Say, 1823) : '' Agonum extimum'' Liebherr, 1986 : '' Agonum ferreum'' Haldeman, 1843 : '' Agonum fidele'' Casey, 1920 : '' Agonum fossiger'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum gerdmuelleri'' J.Schmidt, 1994 : '' Agonum gisellae'' Csiki, 1931 : '' Agonum harrisii'' LeConte, 1846 : '' Agonum hypocrita'' (Apfelbeck, 1904) : ''

Agonum imitans ''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 ...

'' (Notman, 1919) : '' Agonum impressum'' (Panzer, 1796) : '' Agonum jankowskii'' Lafer, 1992 : '' Agonum longicorne'' Chaudoir, 1846 : '' Agonum lugens'' (Duftschmid, 1812) : '' Agonum mandli'' Jedlicka, 1933 : '' Agonum melanarium'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum metallescens'' (LeConte, 1854) : '' Agonum moerens'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum muiri'' Liebherr, 1984 : '' Agonum mutatum'' (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) : '' Agonum nutans'' (Say, 1823) : '' Agonum octopunctatum'' (Fabricius, 1798) : '' Agonum pacificum'' Casey, 1920 : '' Agonum pallipes'' (Fabricius, 1787) : '' Agonum parextimum'' Liebherr, 1986 : '' Agonum patinale'' (Bates, 1882) : '' Agonum permoestum'' Puel, 1938 : '' Agonum propinquum'' (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) : '' Agonum punctiforme'' (Say, 1823) : '' Agonum quadrimaculatum'' (G.Horn, 1885) : '' Agonum rigidulum'' (Casey, 1920) : '' Agonum rufipes'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum sculptipes'' (Bates, 1883) : '' Agonum scutifer'' (Bates, 1878) : '' Agonum sexpunctatum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) : '' Agonum striatopunctatum'' Dejean, 1828 : '' Agonum suavissimum'' (Bates, 1883) : '' Agonum sulcipenne'' (G.Horn, 1881) : ''

Agonum suturale ''Agonum suturale'', also known as sutured harp ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Platyninae. It occurs in the western half of North America in Canada, the United States, and Mexico Mexico, officially the Unit ...

'' Say, 1830 : '' Agonum tenue'' (LeConte, 1854) : '' Agonum texanum'' (LeConte, 1878) : '' Agonum trigeminum'' Lindroth, 1954 : ''

Agonum tulliae ''Agonum'' is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe (biology), tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green et ...

'' Mazzei & Brandmayr, 2017 : '' Agonum versutum'' Sturm, 1824 : '' Agonum viduum'' (Panzer, 1796) : '' Agonum viridicupreum'' (Goeze, 1777) ; Subgenus Platynomicrus Casey, 1920 : '' Agonum ferruginosum'' (Dejean, 1828) : '' Agonum nigriceps'' LeConte, 1846 ; Not assigned to a subgenus : '' Agonum abnormale'' Jedlicka, 1960 : '' Agonum angulifer'' (Casey, 1920) : '' Agonum ardoisi'' Puel, 1938 : '' Agonum bulgani'' Jedlicka, 1969 : '' Agonum comatum'' (Andrewes, 1923) : '' Agonum fur'' (Andrewes, 1930) : '' Agonum graciloides'' Jedlicka, 1946 : '' Agonum holzschuhi'' Morvan, 2002 : '' Agonum inaequale'' Putzeys, 1875 : '' Agonum ladakense'' (Bates, 1878) : '' Agonum leucomerum'' (Perroud, 1864) : '' Agonum limbaticolle'' (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) : '' Agonum luczoti'' Laporte, 1835 : '' Agonum luteum'' (Andrewes, 1923) : '' Agonum mokoto'' Burgeon, 1937 : '' Agonum nanum'' Jedlicka, 1965 : '' Agonum oryctus'' (Andrewes, 1933) : '' Agonum platyderum'' (Chaudoir, 1854) : '' Agonum praetor'' (Andrewes, 1930) : '' Agonum quadripustulatum'' (Dejean, 1831) : '' Agonum rotundicolle'' (Motschulsky, 1865) : '' Agonum rufotestaceum'' Jedlicka, 1960 : '' Agonum rugaticolle'' (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) : '' Agonum stenuiti'' Morvan, 1998 : '' Agonum triimpressum'' (R.F.Sahlberg, 1844) : '' Agonum triseriatum'' (Chaudoir, 1854) : '' Agonum viride'' Jedlicka, 1938 : †'' Agonum antiquum'' Piton, 1940

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External links

''Agonum'' at Fauna Europaea
Carabidae genera Harpalinae Long stubs with short prose {{harpalinae-stub

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