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Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, [2] the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. [3] As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga.
Tribe Brachinini Bonelli, 1810 Aptinoderus Hubenthal, 1919 Aptinus Bonelli, 1810 Brachinulus Basilewsky, 1958 Brachinus Weber, 1801 Mastax Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 Pheropsophus Solier, 1833
Amara is a large genus of carabid beetles, commonly called the sun beetles.Many are holarctic, but a few species are neotropical or occur in eastern Asia. [4]These ground beetles are mostly black or bronze-colored, and many species have a characteristic "bullet-shaped" habitus, as shown in the photos, making them taxonomically difficult for a beginner.
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (/ koʊliːˈɒptərə /), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described ...
Binomial name. Carabus nemoralis. O. F. Müller, 1764. Carabus nemoralis (commonly called the " Bronze carabid ") is a ground beetle common in central and northern Europe, as well as Iceland and Canada. While native to Europe, it has been introduced to and is expanding its range throughout North America. [1]
Linnaeus, 1761. Carabus intricatus, the blue ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle found in Europe. [2] It is a large beetle (24–35 millimetres or 0.9–1.4 inches in length), with a metallic purple or blue and roughly surfaced elytra; the second pair of wings (which are used by beetles for flying) under the elytra are reduced.
The following is a list of the ground beetles recorded in Britain, organised by subfamily (-inae endings) and by tribe (-ini endings). For other beetle families, see the main list of beetle species recorded in Britain .
Pterostichus melanarius, the Rain Beetle, [1] is a type of carabid (ground beetle) of the genus Coleoptera. It is native to Europe but is increasingly found in North America after being introduced to the region in the 1920s. It is a predatory beetle that eats invertebrate pests, which makes it a valuable pest control agent in agricultural settings.