Harpalus cephalotes is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Fairmaire & Laboulbene in 1854. It thrives in both high-temperature areas and highly saline soils. It is the only member of the cephalotes subgenus. It has two subspecies: H. c. cephalotes, found across south-central Europe east to Kazakhstan and the Turkey/Transcaucasus region; and H. c. somcheticus, found in dry parts of eastern Anatolia, Armenia, and Israel.

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