Harpalus serripes is a species of black coloured ground beetle which can be found in the Palearctic realm and the Near East. In Europe, it can be found in Albania, Benelux, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia, Central Europe, and southern and central parts of Russia. It is also found in such Near Eastern countries as Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and into Algeria of North Africa.