Harpalus laevipes is a species of black coloured phytophagous ground beetle in the Harpalinae subfamily that is absent in the following European and African countries and islands: Andorra, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Corsica, Crete, Cyclades Cyprus, Dodecanese, Faroe Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Madeira, Malta, Moldova Monaco, North Aegean islands, Novaya Zemlya, Portugal, San Marino, Sardinia, Selvagens Islands, Sicily, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City. It is also found in such Asian countries as Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Chinese provinces of Shanxi and Xinjiang. It is also common in Canada and the United States.