Carabidae (ground beetles, tiger beetles)

Interactions where CARABIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Summary
(live)	live adult is ectoparasitised by	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete	Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia polyphaga/	Laboulbenia polyphaga	a laboulbeniomycete		Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/	Carabidae	ground beetles, tiger beetles	live		adult	ectoparasitises live adult
abdomen	abdomen of imago is endoparasitoid host of larva	Zaira cinerea	a parasitoid fly	Diptera: Tachinidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Zaira cinerea/	Zaira cinerea	a parasitoid fly	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/	Carabidae	ground beetles, tiger beetles		abdomen	imago	larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago
metasternum (live)	live metasternum of adult is ectoparasitised by ascoma	Laboulbenia argutoris	a laboulbeniomycete	Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia argutoris/	Laboulbenia argutoris	a laboulbeniomycete	ascoma	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/	Carabidae	ground beetles, tiger beetles	live	metasternum	adult	ascoma ectoparasitises live metasternum of adult
prosternum (live)	live prosternum of adult is ectoparasitised by ascoma	Laboulbenia argutoris	a laboulbeniomycete	Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae	New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Laboulbenia argutoris/	Laboulbenia argutoris	a laboulbeniomycete	ascoma	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/	Carabidae	ground beetles, tiger beetles	live	prosternum	adult	ascoma ectoparasitises live prosternum of adult

Author & Year	Title	Source
Belshaw, R., 1993	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993	New British Laboulbeniales	Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (9): 1045-1055.

Author & Year

Title

Source

Belshaw, R., 1993

Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993

New British Laboulbeniales

Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (9): 1045-1055.

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Acupalpus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	3 trophisms
Aepopsis robinii a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Aepus marinus a ground beetle	Species			1 references
Agonum a genus of ground beetles	Genus	8 subtaxa	8 trophisms
Anchomenus dorsalis a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Anthracus consputus a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Asaphidion a genus of ground beetles	Genus	3 subtaxa	3 trophisms	3 references
Badister a genus of ground beetles	Genus	4 subtaxa	3 trophisms	4 references
Bembidion a genus of ground beetles	Genus	34 subtaxa	49 trophisms	1 references
Blemus discus a ground beetle	Species			1 references
Blethisa multipunctata a ground beetle	Species			2 references
Brachinus bombardier beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	1 trophisms	3 references
BROSCINAE a subfamily of ground beetles	Subfamily			1 references
Calathus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	4 trophisms
Calosoma inquisitor Caterpillar-hunter	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
CARABINAE a subfamily of ground beetles	Subfamily	39 subtaxa	31 trophisms	32 references
Chlaenius a genus of ground beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
CICINDELINAE tiger beetles	Subfamily	2 subtaxa	1 trophisms	6 references
Cillenus lateralis a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Clivina collaris a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Clivina fossor a ground beetle	Species		2 trophisms
Cymindis a genus of ground beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 references
Dicheirotrichus a genus of beetles	Genus	4 subtaxa	4 trophisms
Drypta dentata a ground beetle	Species			1 references
Dyschirius a genus of ground beetles	Genus	6 subtaxa	12 trophisms	1 references
ELAPHRINAE a subfamily of ground beetles	Subfamily	2 subtaxa	6 trophisms	3 references
HARPALINAE a subfamily of ground beetles	Subfamily	14 subtaxa	22 trophisms	1 references
Laemostenus a genus of beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 references
Lebia a genus of ground beetles	Genus	3 subtaxa	8 trophisms
Leistus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms	1 references
Limodromus assimilis a ground beetle	Species		2 trophisms
Miscodera arctica a ground beetle	Species			1 references
Ocys a genus of beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	2 trophisms
Odacantha melanura a ground beetle	Species		2 trophisms
Olisthopus rotundatus a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Omophron limbatum a ground beetle	Species			1 references
Ophonus a genus of beetles	Genus	5 subtaxa	5 trophisms
Oxypselaphus obscurus a ground beetle	Species		2 trophisms
Panagaeus bipustulatus a ground beetle	Species			1 references
Panagaeus cruxmajor Crucifix Ground Beetle	Species			2 references
Paranchus albipes a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Patrobus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	3 subtaxa	3 trophisms	1 references
Pelophila borealis a ground beetle	Species			2 references
Perigona nigriceps a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Philorhizus a genus of beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms
Pogonus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms	1 references
Polistichus connexus a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Stenolophus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms	1 references
Stomis pumicatus a ground beetle	Species		3 trophisms
Syntomus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
Tachys a genus of ground beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
Tachyura a genus of beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
Thalassophilus longicornis a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Trechoblemus micros a ground beetle	Species		1 trophisms
Trechus a genus of ground beetles	Genus	3 subtaxa	4 trophisms
Zabrus tenebrioides a ground beetle	Species		4 trophisms

Subtaxon

Rank

Featured
subtaxa

No of
interactions

No of
references

Acupalpus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

2 subtaxa

3 trophisms

Aepopsis robinii
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Aepus marinus
a ground beetle

Species

1 references

Agonum
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

8 subtaxa

8 trophisms

Anchomenus dorsalis
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Anthracus consputus
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Asaphidion
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

3 subtaxa

3 trophisms

3 references

Badister
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

4 subtaxa

3 trophisms

4 references

Bembidion
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

34 subtaxa

49 trophisms

1 references

Blemus discus
a ground beetle

Species

1 references

Blethisa multipunctata
a ground beetle

Species

2 references

Brachinus
bombardier beetles

Genus

2 subtaxa

1 trophisms

3 references

BROSCINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles

Subfamily

1 references

Calathus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

2 subtaxa

4 trophisms

Calosoma inquisitor
Caterpillar-hunter

Species

1 trophisms

1 references

CARABINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles

Subfamily

39 subtaxa

31 trophisms

32 references

Chlaenius
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 trophisms

CICINDELINAE
tiger beetles

Subfamily

2 subtaxa

1 trophisms

6 references

Cillenus lateralis
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

1 references

Clivina collaris
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Clivina fossor
a ground beetle

Species

2 trophisms

Cymindis
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 references

Dicheirotrichus
a genus of beetles

Genus

4 subtaxa

4 trophisms

Drypta dentata
a ground beetle

Species

1 references

Dyschirius
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

6 subtaxa

12 trophisms

1 references

ELAPHRINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles

Subfamily

2 subtaxa

6 trophisms

3 references

HARPALINAE
a subfamily of ground beetles

Subfamily

14 subtaxa

22 trophisms

1 references

Laemostenus
a genus of beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 references

Lebia
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

3 subtaxa

8 trophisms

Leistus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 trophisms

1 references

Limodromus assimilis
a ground beetle

Species

2 trophisms

Miscodera arctica
a ground beetle

Species

1 references

Ocys
a genus of beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

2 trophisms

Odacantha melanura
a ground beetle

Species

2 trophisms

Olisthopus rotundatus
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Omophron limbatum
a ground beetle

Species

1 references

Ophonus
a genus of beetles

Genus

5 subtaxa

5 trophisms

Oxypselaphus obscurus
a ground beetle

Species

2 trophisms

Panagaeus bipustulatus
a ground beetle

Species

1 references

Panagaeus cruxmajor
Crucifix Ground Beetle

Species

2 references

Paranchus albipes
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Patrobus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

3 subtaxa

3 trophisms

1 references

Pelophila borealis
a ground beetle

Species

2 references

Perigona nigriceps
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Philorhizus
a genus of beetles

Genus

2 subtaxa

2 trophisms

Pogonus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

2 subtaxa

2 trophisms

1 references

Polistichus connexus
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Stenolophus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 trophisms

1 references

Stomis pumicatus
a ground beetle

Species

3 trophisms

Syntomus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 trophisms

Tachys
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 trophisms

Tachyura
a genus of beetles

Genus

1 subtaxa

1 trophisms

Thalassophilus longicornis
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Trechoblemus micros
a ground beetle

Species

1 trophisms

Trechus
a genus of ground beetles

Genus

3 subtaxa

4 trophisms

Zabrus tenebrioides
a ground beetle

Species

4 trophisms

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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.

Handling & Magnification

Author

Year

Title

Source

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.

Author	Year	Title	Source
Luff, M.L.	1998	Provisional atlas of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Britain	194pp, Biological Records Centre
Thiele, H.-U.	1977	Carabid Beetles in Their Environments	XVII+369pp, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Acid Mires
Boyce, D.	2004	A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires	Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature
Glossary
Key, R.	2010	Glossary Of Terms for Carabid Identification	http://markgtelfer.co.uk/files/2010/03/Carabid-Glossary-v1-2010-03-01.pdf
Regional Studies
Whitton, P. & Campbell, J.M.	1991	Atlas of Oxfordshire Coleoptera: Carabidae	Occasional Paper, No. 15, 103pp, Oxfordshire Museums

Author

Year

Title

Source

Luff, M.L.

1998

Provisional atlas of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Britain

194pp, Biological Records Centre

Thiele, H.-U.

1977

Carabid Beetles in Their Environments

XVII+369pp, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

Acid Mires

Boyce, D.

2004

A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires

Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Glossary

Key, R.

2010

Glossary Of Terms for Carabid Identification

http://markgtelfer.co.uk/files/2010/03/Carabid-Glossary-v1-2010-03-01.pdf

Regional Studies

Whitton, P. & Campbell, J.M.

1991

Atlas of Oxfordshire Coleoptera: Carabidae

Occasional Paper, No. 15, 103pp, Oxfordshire Museums

Family	CARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
Suborder	ADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802
(ground beetles, tiger beetles)

Interactions where CARABIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

CARABIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larvae

General Works

Acid Mires

Glossary

Regional Studies

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