''Ophonus azureus'' is a species of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it i ...
in the subfamily
Harpalinae, subgenus ''Ophonus (Hesperophonus)''.
It is widespread in Europe and also present in North Africa and the Near East.
References
azureus
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of Europe
Beetles of North Africa
Beetles described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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