CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802
(ground beetles, tiger beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aepus marinus
a ground beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Agonum
a genus of ground beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Anchomenus dorsalis
a ground beetle
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 		Species 4 images
Asaphidion
a genus of ground beetles
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 4 images 3 ident. refs
Badister
a genus of ground beetles
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 4 images 4 ident. refs
Bembidion
a genus of ground beetles
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 18 images 1 ident. refs
Blemus discus
a ground beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Blethisa multipunctata
a ground beetle
Species 2 ident. refs
Brachinus
bombardier beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images 1 ident. refs
BROSCINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 16 images 1 ident. refs
Calathus
a genus of ground beetles
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 9 images
Calosoma inquisitor
Caterpillar-hunter
Species 1 ident. refs
CARABINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles
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 		Subfamily 38 subtaxa 192 images 32 ident. refs
CICINDELINAE
tiger beetles
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 25 images 4 ident. refs
Cillenus lateralis
a ground beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Cymindis
a genus of ground beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Dicheirotrichus
a genus of beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images
Drypta dentata
a ground beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Dyschirius
a genus of ground beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
ELAPHRINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 16 images 3 ident. refs
HARPALINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles
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 		Subfamily 7 subtaxa 31 images 1 ident. refs
Laemostenus
a genus of beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Leistus
a genus of ground beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images 1 ident. refs
Limodromus assimilis
a ground beetle
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 		Species 1 images
Miscodera arctica
a ground beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Omophron limbatum
a ground beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Ophonus
a genus of beetles
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 10 images
Oxypselaphus obscurus
a ground beetle
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 		Species 5 images
Panagaeus bipustulatus
a ground beetle
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 		Species 6 images 1 ident. refs
Panagaeus cruxmajor
Crucifix Ground Beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Paranchus albipes
a ground beetle
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 		Species 8 images
Patrobus
a genus of ground beetles
Genus 1 ident. refs
Pelophila borealis
a ground beetle
Species 2 ident. refs
Pogonus
a genus of ground beetles
Genus 1 ident. refs
Stenolophus
a genus of ground beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Carabidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
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 		Unidentified 19 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anderson, R., McFerran, D., & Cameron, A. 2000 Ground Beetles of Northern Ireland
Anderson, R., McFerran, D., & Cameron, A. Ground Beetles of Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/index.html
Dawson, J.F. 1854 *** Geodephaga Britannica: a monograph of the carnivorous ground-beetles indigenous to the British Isles ***(Superseded) 224pp, Van Voorst
() Forsythe, T.G. 2000 Ground Beetles Naturalists’ Handbooks, 8, 2nd edition, 74pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Forsythe, T.G. 1987 Common Ground Beetles Naturalists’ Handbooks, 8, 1st (there is a 2nd) edition, 74pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1976 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 2: Adephaga 1 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 2, 300pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Jeannel, R. 1941 *** Coléoptères Carabiques (2 vols) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 39 & 40, 1173pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Key, R.S. 2011 The Carabid Crib http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/carabidae-ground-beetles/
Lindroth, C.H. 1986 The Carabidae of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part 2 Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol 15, Part 2, 274pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Lindroth, C.H. 1985 The Carabidae of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part 1 Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol 15, Part 1, 226pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Lindroth, C.H. 1974 *** Coleoptera: Carabidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IV. Part 2, 148pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Luff, M.L. 2007 The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 4, Part 2., 2nd edition, 247pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Rejzek, R. Entomology volny.cz/midge/
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Larvae

Luff, M.L. 1993 The Carabidae (Coleoptera) Larvae of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 27, 185pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

CARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 210 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
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