Harpalus

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Harpalus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain ground beetles.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Adephaga - suborder; Carabidae - family; Harpalinae - subfamily; Harpalitae - supertribe; Harpalini - tribe; Harpalina - subtribe

• (genus): Harpalus affinis - type species

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From Ancient Greek Ἅρπαλος (Hárpalos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhar.pa.lus/, [ˈhärpäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.lus/, [ˈärpälus]

Harpalus m sg (genitive Harpalī); second declension

1. A Macedonian aristocrat and friend of Alexander the Great

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Translingual: Harpalus

• Harpalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Harpalus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray