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Harpalus affinis

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Harpalus affinis is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 39 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about Harpalus affinis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8 mm – 1.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, human_modified, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
39 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Harpalus affinis?

HARPALUS AFFINIS · LENGTH 1.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the harpalus affinis is about 0.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Harpalus affinis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Harpalus affinis is listed for 39 countries.

CanadaKazakhstanNorwayFranceMongoliaArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew ZealandChinaItalyDenmarkAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaJapanLibyaMacedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Belarus
  6. Belgium
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Canada
  9. China
  10. Croatia
  11. Denmark
  12. Estonia
  13. Finland
  14. France
  15. Georgia
  16. Germany
  17. Greece
  18. Hungary
  19. Ireland
  20. Italy
  21. Japan
  22. Kazakhstan
  23. Latvia
  24. Libya
  25. Lithuania
  26. Mongolia
  27. Netherlands
  28. New Zealand
  29. North Macedonia
  30. Norway
  31. Poland
  32. Portugal
  33. Romania
  34. Slovakia
  35. Slovenia
  36. Spain
  37. Sweden
  38. Switzerland
  39. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Harpalus affinis as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Harpalus affinis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Harpalus affinis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusHarpalus
  7. SpeciesHarpalus affinis (Schrank, 1781)

Synonyms Buprestis viridulus, Carabus aeneus, Carabus affinis, Carabus latus, Carabus proteus, Harpalus aeneolus, Harpalus aeneopiceus, Harpalus aenescens, Harpalus aeneus, Harpalus aspromontis, Harpalus assimilis, Harpalus azureus, Harpalus bifoveolatus, Harpalus borysthenicus, Harpalus canonicus, Harpalus chalceus, Harpalus chloros, Harpalus claripes, Harpalus coerulescens, Harpalus concinnus, Harpalus confinis, Harpalus confusus, Harpalus convictor, Harpalus dentatus, Harpalus elegans, Harpalus hykai, Harpalus interstitialis, Harpalus kubanicus, Harpalus kulti, Harpalus latus, Harpalus limbopunctatus, Harpalus lustralis, Harpalus madari, Harpalus melas, Harpalus nigrinus, Harpalus paganettii, Harpalus parumpunctatus, Harpalus proteus, Harpalus pseudoaeneolus, Harpalus subcaeruleus, Harpalus transparens, Harpalus viridiaeneus, Harpalus viridis, Harpalus viridulus, Harpalus weiratheri

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Metallisk sandløberDanish
  • viherharvekiitäjäinenFinnish
  • HardloperDutch
  • kameleontlöpareSwedish
  • Behaarde kruiperDutch
  • Veelkleurige loopkeverDutch
  • kameleontfrölöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Harpalus affinis

Other species in the same genus Harpalus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Harpalus affinis?

An adult Harpalus affinis measures 8 mm – 1.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Harpalus affinis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Harpalus affinis for 39 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Harpalus affinis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Harpalus affinis as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Harpalus affinis?

Harpalus affinis (Harpalus affinis) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Harpalus affinis (Harpalus affinis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpalus-affinis

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BibTeX
@misc{harpalus_affinis_2026,
  title = {Harpalus affinis (Harpalus affinis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpalus-affinis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}