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Steropanus
Pterostichus is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,200 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.
20 branches of this group, most-observed first
Pterostichus mengtzei
speciesPterostichus mengtzei
Pterostichus aequus
speciesPterostichus aequus
Pterostichus alveolatus
speciesPterostichus alveolatus
Pterostichus asulcatus
speciesPterostichus asulcatus
Pterostichus boriskataevi
speciesPterostichus boriskataevi
Pterostichus cavifrons
speciesPterostichus cavifrons
Pterostichus deliciatus
speciesPterostichus deliciatus
Pterostichus felix
speciesPterostichus felix
Pterostichus forticornis
speciesPterostichus forticornis
Pterostichus fossifrons
speciesPterostichus fossifrons
Pterostichus glymmiger
speciesPterostichus glymmiger
Pterostichus infissus
speciesPterostichus infissus
Pterostichus obliteratus
speciesPterostichus obliteratus
Pterostichus pseudoglymmiger
speciesPterostichus pseudoglymmiger
Pterostichus pseudoviolaceus
speciesPterostichus pseudoviolaceus
Pterostichus securipenis
speciesPterostichus securipenis
Pterostichus sulcatipennis
speciesPterostichus sulcatipennis
Pterostichus thailandensis
speciesPterostichus thailandensis
Pterostichus thailandicus
speciesPterostichus thailandicus
Pterostichus violaceus
speciesPterostichus violaceus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 423030.