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Ground Beetles
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, known as Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the suborder Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are herbivorous or omnivorous.
32 branches of this family, most-observed first
Carabinae
subfamilyCarabinae
Harpalinae
subfamilyHarpalinae
Pterostichinae
subfamilyPterostichinae
Platyninae
subfamilyPlatyninae
Lebiinae
subfamilyLebiinae
Pedunculate Ground Beetles
subfamilyScaritinae
Trechinae
subfamilyTrechinae
Licininae
subfamilyLicininae
Nebriinae
subfamilyNebriinae
Dryptinae
subfamilyDryptinae
Brachininae
subfamilyBrachininae
Anthiinae
subfamilyAnthiinae
Panagaeinae
subfamilyPanagaeinae
Broscinae
subfamilyBroscinae
Elaphrinae
subfamilyElaphrinae
Ant Nest Beetles
subfamilyPaussinae
Loricerinae
subfamilyLoricerinae
Omophroninae
subfamilyOmophroninae
Orthogoniinae
subfamilyOrthogoniinae
Promecognathinae
subfamilyPromecognathinae
Ctenodactylinae
subfamilyCtenodactylinae
Psydrinae
subfamilyPsydrinae
Siagoninae
subfamilySiagoninae
Migadopinae
subfamilyMigadopinae
Apotominae
subfamilyApotominae
Melaeninae
subfamilyMelaeninae
Hiletinae
subfamilyHiletinae
Cyclosominae
subfamilyCyclosominae
Protorabinae
subfamilyProtorabinae
Nototylinae
subfamilyNototylinae
Gineminae
subfamilyGineminae
Rhopalochlaenius
genusRhopalochlaenius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Carabidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 49567.