Agonum

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Platynitae
Tribus: Platynini
Subtribus: Platynina
Genus: Agonum
Subgenera (11): A. (Agonothorax) – A. (Agonum) – A. (Deratanchus) – A. (Europhilus) – A. (Melanagonum) – A. (Micragonum) – A. (Olisares) – A. (Platynomicrus) – A. (Punctagonum) – A. (Stereagonum) – A. (Stictanchus)
Species overview

A. abnormale – A. aequatum – A. afrum – A. alpestre – A. anchomenoides – A. angulifer – A. antennarium – A. apex – A. ardoisi – A. arisanum – A. atlante – A. atricomes – A. aurelium – A. aurelius – A. azumai – A. bellicum – A. bicolor – A. bulgani – A. carbonarium – A. causticum – A. chalcomum – A. chalconotum – A. charillus – A. cheni – A. chibi – A. chinadense – A. chinense – A. chotjaii – A. ciscaucasicum – A. comatum – A. consimile – A. convexiusculum – A. cuprescens – A. cuprinum – A. curvipes – A. cyanopis – A. daimio – A. darlingtoni – A. decorum – A. deplanatum – A. deuvei – A. deuveiellum – A. dolens – A. dorsostriatum – A. dreuxi – A. duftschmidi – A. emarginatum – A. ericeti – A. erythropus – A. euroum – A. eurydamas – A. exaratum – A. extensicolle – A. extensum – A. fallax – A. ferruginosum – A. fulgidicolle – A. fuliginosum – A. galvestonicum – A. gerdmuelleri – A. gisellae – A. gracile – A. gracilipes – A. graciloides – A. gratiosum – A. gridellii – A. guangdongense – A. hasegawai – A. hexacoelum – A. hiranoi – A. hirashimai – A. hondorum – A. honshuense – A. hypocrita – A. impressum – A. inaequale – A. indiae – A. irideum – A. iriomotense – A. ishidai – A. jankowskii – A. japonicum – A. jeannei – A. jurecekianum – A. kesharishresthae – A. kitanoi – A. kretaense – A. kucerai – A. kumataianum – A. kurosonense – A. kyushuense – A. ladakense – A. lampros – A. leucomerum – A. limbaticolle – A. limbatum – A. longicorne – A. luczoti – A. lugens – A. luteum – A. lutulentum – A. mandli – A. marginatum – A. maruokai – A. menetriesii – A. mesostictum – A. micans – A. modestium – A. modestius – A. mokoto – A. monachum – A. mongolicum – A. muchei – A. muelleri – A. munsteri – A. nanum – A. nigriceps – A. nigrum – A. pallipes –A. nipponicum – A. nitidum – A. numidicum – A. obesum – A. ogurae – A. oryctus – A. palustre – A. pangxiongfeii – A. pelidnum – A. permoestum – A. persecretum – A. piceum – A. picicornoides – A. pirata – A. platyderum – A. praetor – A. pseudomoestum – A. purkynei – A. quadripustulatum – A. quinquepunctatum – A. retractum – A. rotundicolle – A. rotundicollis – A. rougerieanum – A. ruficorne – A. rufotestaceum – A. rugaticolle – A. rugicolle – A. sadoense – A. sataense – A. scintillans – A. scitulum – A. sculptipes – A. semicupreum – A. sexpunctatum – A. sexstigmatum – A. shibatai – A. shibataianum – A. shikokuense – A. shirahatai – A. simile – A. sordens – A. sordidum – A. speculator – A. stenuiti – A. stichai – A. suavissimum – A. subtruncatum – A. superioris – A. sylphides – A. sylphis – A. temperei – A. teruyai – A. thoracicum – A. thoreyi – A. tokarae – A. triimpressum – A. triseriatum – A. tschitscherini – A. tsushimanum – A. uenoi – A. variolatum – A. versutum – A. viduum – A. viridicans – A. viridicupreum – A. yamatonis
Name

Agonum Bonelli, 1810

Type species: Carabus marginatus Linnaeus, 1758

References
Primary references

Bonelli, F.A. 1810. Observations Entomologiques, Première partie. Mémoires de l’Academie des Sciences de Turin 18: 21–78, Tabula Synoptica. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Madge, R.B. 1975: The Type Species of Bonelli´s Genera of Carabidae (Coleoptera). Quaestiones Entomologicae 11: 579–586. PDF

Vernacular names
čeština: Střevlíček
русский: Быстряки

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.[1]

Subgenera and selected species

While some subgenera are accepted by most authors (e.g. Europhilus, Olisares and of course Agonum), others are of disputed validity. Moreover, subgeneric separation has historically been mostly focussed on European and Japanese species. The following list does not incorporate the most recent reviews and must be considered very preliminary.
Agonum species (and Anchomenus dorsalis in lower right corner) from Edmund Reitter's Fauna Germanica (1908)

Agonum (Agonothorax) Motschulsky, 1850 (sometimes in Olisares or Punctagonum)

Agonum ericeti (Panzer, 1809)
Agonum impressum (Panzer, 1796)
Agonum sexpunctatum
Agonum viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777)

Agonum (Agonum) Bonelli, 1810

Agonum angustatum Dejean, 1828
Agonum antennarium (Duftschmid, 1812)
Agonum carbonarium Dejean, 1828
Agonum chalconotum Menetries, 1832
Agonum chinense Boheman, 1858 (tentatively placed here)
Agonum curvipes (C. R. Sahlberg 1827) (sometimes in Olisares)
Agonum dolens
Agonum hexacoelum
Agonum kretaense Kirschenhofer, 1982
Agonum liebherri J.Schmidt, 2008 (tentatively placed here)
Agonum marginatum (Linne, 1758)
Agonum monachum (Duftschmid, 1812)
Agonum muelleri
Agonum nigrum Dejean, 1828
Agonum numidicum Lucas, 1849
Agonum pirata
Agonum quinquepunctatum
Agonum rugicolle Chaudoir, 1846
Agonum scintillans Boheman, 1858 (tentatively placed here)
Agonum sordidum Dejean, 1828

Agonum (Deratanchus) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Europhilus) Chaudoir, 1859

Agonum consimile (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Agonum exaratum (Mannerheim, 1853)
Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809)
Agonum gracile Sturm, 1824
Agonum micans (Nicolai, 1822)
Agonum munsteri (Hellen, 1935)
Agonum piceum (Linne, 1758)
Agonum scitulum Dejean, 1828
Agonum temperei (Aubry, 1974) (tentatively placed here)
Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828

Agonum (Melanagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum afrum
Agonum duftschmidi J.Schmidt, 1994
Agonum extensum
Agonum gerdmuelleri J.Schmidt, 1994
Agonum gisellae
Agonum hypocrita (Apfelbeck, 1904)
Agonum longicorne Chaudoir, 1846
Agonum lugens (Duftschmid, 1812)
Agonum nitidum
Agonum permoestum Puel, 1938
Agonum pseudomoestum Schuler, 1963
Agonum versutum Sturm, 1824
Agonum viduum (Panzer, 1796)

Agonum (Micragonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Olisares)

Agonum (Platynomicrus) (sometimes in Agonum)

Agonum bicolor (Dejean, 1828)
Agonum nigriceps LeConte, 1846

Agonum (Punctagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Stereagonum) (sometimes in Olisares)

Agonum (Stictanchus) (sometimes in Agonum)

Agonum gracilipes (Duftschmid, 1812)