Agonum

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Agonum octopunctatum P1650294a.jpg

| image_caption = Agonum octopunctatum

| taxon = Agonum

| authority = Bonelli, 1810

| type_species = Carabus marginatus

| type_species_authority = Linne, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision = Several, see text

| synonyms = Agonium Solier, 1849

}}

File:Agonum cupripenne (Say).jpg]]

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 generally native to the Holarctic and the Mediterranean region; their southern limit in Central Asia and the Himalaya region is less well understood, and they seem to range outward a bit out of their core regions (e.g. into East Africa).

They are wet-loving throughout their life cycle; for example, the genus is well represented in Ireland, where they are more plentiful than anywhere else in Europe.{{cite web |publisher=National Museums Northern Ireland |year=2006 |url=http://www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/fauna.html |work=The Irish Fauna |title=Carabidae of Ireland |accessdate=April 15, 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110518180839/http://www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/fauna.html| archivedate= 18 May 2011 | url-status= live}}

Species

File:Reitter Agonum u.a..jpg in lower right corner) from Edmund Reitter's Fauna Germanica (1908)]]

These species and subgenera belong to the genus Agonum.

; Subgenus Agonum Bonelli, 1810

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: 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 (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)

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; Subgenus Europhilus Chaudoir, 1859

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: 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 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)

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; Subgenus Olisares Motschulsky, 1865

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: 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 (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 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 (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 Say, 1830

: Agonum tenue (LeConte, 1854)

: Agonum texanum (LeConte, 1878)

: Agonum trigeminum Lindroth, 1954

: Agonum tulliae Mazzei & Brandmayr, 2017

: Agonum versutum Sturm, 1824

: Agonum viduum (Panzer, 1796)

: Agonum viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777)

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; Subgenus Platynomicrus Casey, 1920

: Agonum ferruginosum (Dejean, 1828)

: Agonum nigriceps LeConte, 1846

; Not assigned to a subgenus

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: 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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See also

References

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{{Cite web| title=Agonum Bonelli, 1810

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KV2R

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2023-04-13

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{{Cite web

| access-date = 2023-03-04

| title = Carabcat Database

| date = 2021

| last1 = Lorenz | first1 = Wolfgang

| volume = 5| issue = 2

| url = http://www.carabidfauna2.net/

| doi = 10.48580/dfqf-3dk| doi-access = free

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