title: Cymindis humeralis
text: # Cymindis humeralis
  
  Cymindis humeralis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Geoffory in 1785.
  
  ## Description
  
  Cymindis humeralis can reach a length of 7.5–10.5 millimetres (0.30–0.41 in).
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine) and in the East Palearctic ecozone.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  This xerophilous ground beetle lives in calcareous grasslands, heathlands and in the edges of forests.
  
  * Illustration from Calwer's Käferbuch
  