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Harpalus rubripes

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Harpalus rubripes 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 rubripes

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8 mm – 1.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
human_modified, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
39 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Harpalus rubripes?

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

Where does Harpalus rubripes 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 rubripes is listed for 39 countries.

KazakhstanUzbekistanNorwayFranceMongoliaKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandChinaItalyDenmarkAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCyprusMacedonia
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

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

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Harpalus rubripes 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 rubripes 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 rubripes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusHarpalus
  7. SpeciesHarpalus rubripes (Duftschmid, 1812)

Synonyms Carabus rubripes, Carabus rufipes, Harpalus alpestris, Harpalus amoenus, Harpalus azurescens, Harpalus azureus, Harpalus chloropterus, Harpalus demelti, Harpalus glaberellus, Harpalus hyperboreus, Harpalus ignavus, Harpalus lentus, Harpalus marginellus, Harpalus munganasti, Harpalus niger, Harpalus nigrocoeruleus, Harpalus nobilitatus, Harpalus pokornyi, Harpalus potisii, Harpalus pseudoquadripunctatus, Harpalus punctiger, Harpalus rufipes, Harpalus serdicanus, Harpalus sobrinus, Harpalus subsinuatus, Harpalus subtruncatus, Harpalus truncatus, Harpalus turkestanicus, Harpalus viridulus, Ophonus rufipes, Pseudoophonus rufipes

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Rødbenet markløberDanish
  • Rotbeiniger SchnellläuferGerman
  • somerharvekiitäjäinenFinnish
  • Féronie à pieds rougesFrench
  • vöröslábú lomhafutóHungarian
  • リシリミドリゴモクムシJapanese
  • 백두머리먼지벌레Korean
  • Blauwe kruiperDutch
  • Dzier czerwononogiPolish
  • Бегун красноногийRussian
  • blå frölöpareSwedish
  • Carabe iridescent à pattes roussesFrench
  • RoodpoothardloopkeverDutch
  • RoodpoothardloperDutch
  • ogräsfrölöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Harpalus rubripes

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 rubripes?

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

Where does Harpalus rubripes live?

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

Is Harpalus rubripes an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Harpalus rubripes 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 rubripes?

Harpalus rubripes (Harpalus rubripes) 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 rubripes (Harpalus rubripes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpalus-rubripes

MLA

“Harpalus rubripes (Harpalus rubripes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpalus-rubripes.

BibTeX
@misc{harpalus_rubripes_2026,
  title = {Harpalus rubripes (Harpalus rubripes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpalus-rubripes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}