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Blackclock Ground Beetles
Pterostichus
Pterostichus is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,100 species. The beetles are predatory, but sometimes feed on strawberries. They can be found under rocks and prefer slightly moist, sandy soil although preferences differ between species. Pterostichus contains the following species:
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Morphnosoma
subgenusMorphnosoma
Hypherpes
subgenusHypherpes
Steropus
subgenusSteropus
Platysma
subgenusPlatysma
Abacidus
subgenusAbacidus
Bothriopterus
subgenusBothriopterus
Cheporus
subgenusCheporus
Euferonia
subgenusEuferonia
Phonias
subgenusPhonias
Oreophilus
subgenusOreophilus
Pseudomaseus
subgenusPseudomaseus
Argutor
subgenusArgutor
Feronidius
subgenusFeronidius
Eosteropus
subgenusEosteropus
Leptoferonia
subgenusLeptoferonia
Pterostichus
subgenusPterostichus
Calopterus
subgenusCalopterus
Melanius
subgenusMelanius
Cryobius
subgenusCryobius
Cylindrocharis
subgenusCylindrocharis
Rhagadus
subgenusRhagadus
Sterocorax
subgenusSterocorax
Orientostichus
subgenusOrientostichus
Platypterus
subgenusPlatypterus
Metallophilus
subgenusMetallophilus
Petrophilus
subgenusPetrophilus
Cophosus
subgenusCophosus
Badistrinus
subgenusBadistrinus
Lenapterus
subgenusLenapterus
Adelosia
subgenusAdelosia
Myosodus
subgenusMyosodus
Gastrosticta
subgenusGastrosticta
Feroperis
subgenusFeroperis
Lamenius
subgenusLamenius
Steropanus
subgenusSteropanus
Morphohaptoderus
subgenusMorphohaptoderus
Megabea
subgenusMegabea
Feronina
subgenusFeronina
Koreonialoe
subgenusKoreonialoe
Parapterostichus
subgenusParapterostichus
Sinoreophilus
subgenusSinoreophilus
Neohaptoderus
subgenusNeohaptoderus
Nialoe
subgenusNialoe
Lianoe
subgenusLianoe
Lyrothorax
subgenusLyrothorax
Sinosteropus
subgenusSinosteropus
Wraseiellus
subgenusWraseiellus
Circinatus
subgenusCircinatus
Pseudethira
subgenusPseudethira
Pseudosteropus
subgenusPseudosteropus
Plectes
subgenusPlectes
Oreolyperus
subgenusOreolyperus
Chinapterus
subgenusChinapterus
Orsonjohnsonus
subgenusOrsonjohnsonus
Monoferonia
subgenusMonoferonia
Haplomaseus
subgenusHaplomaseus
Natalianoe
subgenusNatalianoe
Paralianoe
subgenusParalianoe
Paraferonia
subgenusParaferonia
Pseudoferonina
subgenusPseudoferonina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121186.