| Agonum | |
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| Agonum octopunctatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Tribe: | Platynini |
| Genus: | Agonum Bonelli, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Carabus marginatus Linne, 1758
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| Subgenera | |
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Several, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agonium Solier, 1849 | |
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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]
- ^ "Carabidae of Ireland". The Irish Fauna. National Museums Northern Ireland. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.