Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. Some are, rare among ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores.

Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.

Cymindis is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:

Lebia is a genus of predatory ground beetles. Common names include colorful foliage ground beetles and flat ground beetles. They are found worldwide and there over 700 species in 17 subgenera.

Notiobia is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 90 described species in Notiobia.

Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.

Ardistomis is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 40 described species in Ardistomis.

Dyschirius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae:

Harpalini is a tribe of a diverse group of ground beetles belonging to the subfamily Harpalinae within the broader family Carabidae. The tribe contains more than 2500 species.

Clivinini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 genera in Clivinini.