Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative combination: Carabites nitens
Full reference: O. Heer. 1870. Die Miocene flora und fauna Spitzbergens. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Ny Följd 8(7):1-98
Belongs to Harpalus according to S. J. R. Birket-Smith 1977
See also Heer 1870
Sister taxa: Harpalus abolitus, Harpalus amputatus, Harpalus bruckmanni, Harpalus conditus, Harpalus constrictus, Harpalus deletus, Harpalus dilatatus, Harpalus excavatus, Harpalus lheritieri, Harpalus maceratus, Harpalus nero, Harpalus nuperus, Harpalus obtusus, Harpalus oustaleti, 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: Nat. Riks. Ar.35, an elytra (apical part). Its type locality is Cap Staratschin, which is in a Danian/Selandian delta plain shale in the Firkanten Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cap Staratschin
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