Carabidae

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Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae
Agonum pallipes (Fabricius, 1787)

Agonum pallipes (Fabricius, 1787)

Agonum pallipes (Fabricius, 1787)

Agonum pallipes is a ground beetle species in the Carabidae family found in North America.

Agonum muelleri (Herbst, 1784)

Agonum muelleri (Herbst, 1784)

Agonum muelleri (Herbst, 1784)

Agonum muelleri is a ground beetle species native to the Palearctic, Nearctic, and Near East, with a range that includes most of Europe.

Agonum placidum (Say, 1823)

Agonum placidum (Say, 1823)

Agonum placidum (Say, 1823)

Agonum placidum is a black ground beetle from the Platyninae subfamily found in southern Canada and the northeastern US.

Agonum marginatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Agonum marginatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Agonum marginatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Agonum marginatum is a ground beetle species in the Platyninae subfamily, described in 1758, found across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and Atlantic islands.

Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Anchomenus dorsalis is a small, color-patterned beetle where adult females are larger than males.

Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)

Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)

Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)

Oxypselaphus obscurus is a black-bodied, yellow-legged beetle from the Carabidae family present in most of Europe.

Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)

Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)

Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)

Paranchus albipes is a ground beetle species in Carabidae that lives near water across Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the UK.

Tanystoma maculicolle (Dejean, 1828)

Tanystoma maculicolle (Dejean, 1828)

Tanystoma maculicolle (Dejean, 1828)

Tanystoma maculicolle, commonly called tule beetle, is an extremely common carabid beetle found in Oregon and California.

Notagonum submetallicum (White, 1846)

Notagonum submetallicum (White, 1846)

Notagonum submetallicum (White, 1846)

Notagonum submetallicum is a small beetle found from lowlands to montane areas across multiple habitats.

Platynus assimilis (Paykull, 1790)

Platynus assimilis (Paykull, 1790)

Platynus assimilis (Paykull, 1790)

Platynus assimilis is a common predatory ground beetle found across Europe and east into Asia.

Calathus fuscipes (Goeze, 1777)

Calathus fuscipes (Goeze, 1777)

Calathus fuscipes (Goeze, 1777)

Calathus fuscipes is a Platyninae ground beetle found in most of Europe, absent from a few small states and islands.

Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calathus melanocephalus is a mostly black Platyninae ground beetle widespread across most of Europe and the UK.

Calathus opaculus LeConte, 1854

Calathus opaculus LeConte, 1854

Calathus opaculus LeConte, 1854

Calathus opaculus is a ground beetle species in the Carabidae family that occurs in North America.

Calathus ruficollis Dejean, 1828

Calathus ruficollis Dejean, 1828

Calathus ruficollis Dejean, 1828

Calathus ruficollis is a flightless predatory nocturnal ground beetle found in western North America.

Calathus micropterus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Calathus micropterus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Calathus micropterus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Calathus micropterus is a Platyninae ground beetle species widespread across most of Europe.

Promecognathus laevissimus (Dejean, 1829)

Promecognathus laevissimus (Dejean, 1829)

Promecognathus laevissimus (Dejean, 1829)

Promecognathus laevissimus, the smooth millipede hunter, is a toxin-tolerant millipede-eating ground beetle found in western North America.

Promecognathus crassus LeConte, 1868

Promecognathus crassus LeConte, 1868

Promecognathus crassus LeConte, 1868

Promecognathus crassus is a toxin-tolerant cyanide-resistant millipede-eating ground beetle found on the Pacific coast of North America.

Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bicolor Fabricius, 1781

Cicindela bicolor is a South Asian tiger beetle species with black bodies and yellow elytral spots that has four recognized subspecies.

Cicindela punctulata Olivier, 1790

Cicindela punctulata Olivier, 1790

Cicindela punctulata Olivier, 1790

Cicindela punctulata, the punctured tiger beetle, is a common North American tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae.

Cicindela marginipennis Dejean, 1831

Cicindela marginipennis Dejean, 1831

Cicindela marginipennis Dejean, 1831

Cobblestone Tiger Beetle (Cicindela marginipennis) is a tiger beetle native to eastern North America, listed as vulnerable in Canada.

Cicindela highlandensis Choate, 1984

Cicindela highlandensis Choate, 1984

Cicindela highlandensis Choate, 1984

Cicindela highlandensis is a small black beetle restricted to sandy scrub and sandhill habitats on Florida’s Lake Wales Ridge.

Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela sexguttata, the six-spotted tiger beetle, is a predatory North American beetle with metallic elytra and mandibles.

Cicindela hirticollis Say, 1817

Cicindela hirticollis Say, 1817

Cicindela hirticollis Say, 1817

Cicindela hirticollis is a declining medium-sized North American tiger beetle found on sandy shorelines.

Cicindela oregona LeConte, 1856

Cicindela oregona LeConte, 1856

Cicindela oregona LeConte, 1856

Cicindela oregona, the Western tiger beetle, is a North American native species of tiger beetle.

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