''Cymindis etrusca'' is a species of
ground beetle
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 and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...
in the subfamily
Harpalinae
Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphi ...
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It was described by M. C. Bassi in 1834.
[M.C. Bassi (de Milan)]
"De Quelques Nouvelles Especes de Coleopteres de l'Italie"
''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France''. 5 March 1834. p. 467.
References
etrusca
The Etruscan civilization () was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, rough ...
Beetles described in 1834
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