Harpalus rufipes

Strawberry seed beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Harpalus
Species:
H. rufipes
Binomial name
Harpalus rufipes
(Degeer, 1774)

Harpalus rufipes, commonly known as the strawberry seed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Degeer in 1774, with the epithet rufipes being derived from Latin for red-footed. Harpalus rufipes is native to Europe.

As a predator, Harpalus rufipes is used as a biological agent to control seed-eating pests including aphids and slugs such as Deroceras reticulatum, though they are known to feed on the seeds of strawberries. It has been used as a model organism to investigate the immune system of beetles, and a study has shown it is sensitive to engine oil and diesel oil.

References

  1. 1 2 "Harpalus rufipes (DeGeer, 1774)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Carl H. Lindroth 1974 Coleoptera. Carabidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 4 Part 2. Royal Entomological Society, London pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Loughridge, A. H.; Luff, M. L. (1983). "Aphid Predation by Harpalus rufipes (Degeer) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Laboratory and Field". Journal of Applied Ecology. 20 (2): 451–462. doi:10.2307/2403519. ISSN 0021-8901. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ↑ El-Danasoury, H.; Cerecedo, C.; Córdoba, M.; Iglesias-Piñeiro, J. (March 2017). "Predation by the carabid beetle Harpalus rufipes on the pest slug Deroceras reticulatum in the laboratory: Harpalus rufipes predation on Deroceras reticulatum". Annals of Applied Biology. 170 (2): 251–262. doi:10.1111/aab.12337.
  6. 1 2 Cavaliere, F.; Brandmayr, P.; Giulianini, P. G.; Vommaro, M. L.; Giglio, A. (2019-07-01). "Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) rufipes as a model to study cellular and humoral immune defence strategies in coleopteran species". Invertebrate Survival Journal: 92–104. doi:10.25431/1824-307X/isj.v0i0.92-104. ISSN 1824-307X.
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  8. ↑ Gospodarek, Janina; Petryszak, Przemysław (2019-09-17). "The Effect of Soil Pollution by Oil Derivatives on Harpalus rufipes Deg. (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 28 (6): 4163–4170. doi:10.15244/pjoes/99565. ISSN 1230-1485.