Carabidae

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Diachromus germanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diachromus germanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diachromus germanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diachromus germanus is a ground beetle, the only species in its monotypic genus, native to Europe and the Near East.

Acupalpus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1760)

Acupalpus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1760)

Acupalpus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1760)

Acupalpus meridianus is an insect-eating ground beetle found in western Canada, with recorded range expansion after 1988.

Acupalpus testaceus Dejean, 1829

Acupalpus testaceus Dejean, 1829

Acupalpus testaceus Dejean, 1829

Acupalpus testaceus is a species of ground beetle in the Carabidae family found in North America.

Stenolophus ochropezus (Say, 1823)

Stenolophus ochropezus (Say, 1823)

Stenolophus ochropezus (Say, 1823)

Stenolophus ochropezus is a ground beetle from the Carabidae family found in North America.

Stenolophus dissimilis Dejean, 1829

Stenolophus dissimilis Dejean, 1829

Stenolophus dissimilis Dejean, 1829

Stenolophus dissimilis is a ground beetle species in the Carabidae family found in North America.

Stenolophus comma (Fabricius, 1775)

Stenolophus comma (Fabricius, 1775)

Stenolophus comma (Fabricius, 1775)

Stenolophus comma is a North American ground beetle species in the Carabidae family, genus Stenolophus.

Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir, 1868)

Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir, 1868)

Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir, 1868)

Leconte's seedcorn beetle (Stenolophus lecontei) is a ground beetle of family Carabidae found in North America.

Stenolophus lineola (Fabricius, 1775)

Stenolophus lineola (Fabricius, 1775)

Stenolophus lineola (Fabricius, 1775)

Stenolophus lineola is a ground beetle species in the Carabidae family found in North America.

Stenolophus infuscatus (Dejean, 1829)

Stenolophus infuscatus (Dejean, 1829)

Stenolophus infuscatus (Dejean, 1829)

Stenolophus infuscatus is a ground beetle species in the Carabidae family found in North America.

Pterostichus lama (Ménétriés, 1843)

Pterostichus lama (Ménétriés, 1843)

Pterostichus lama (Ménétriés, 1843)

Pterostichus lama, the giant woodland ground beetle, is a large flightless North American carabid beetle that feeds on termites and ants.

Pterostichus algidus LeConte, 1853

Pterostichus algidus LeConte, 1853

Pterostichus algidus LeConte, 1853

Pterostichus algidus is a woodland ground beetle species in the Carabidae family, found in North America.

Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798)

Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798)

Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798)

Pterostichus melanarius is a ground beetle with wing dimorphism, found across Europe and North America, adapted to varied habitats.

Pterostichus vernalis (Panzer, 1796)

Pterostichus vernalis (Panzer, 1796)

Pterostichus vernalis (Panzer, 1796)

Pterostichus vernalis is a small 6–8 mm ground beetle native to Europe, mainly found in Leicestershire and Rutland, Britain.

Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823

Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823

Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823

Pterostichus adstrictus is a Holarctic-distributed ground beetle widespread across North America and also present in Europe and Russia.

Pterostichus mutus (Say, 1823)

Pterostichus mutus (Say, 1823)

Pterostichus mutus (Say, 1823)

Pterostichus mutus is a woodland ground beetle from the Carabidae family found in North America.

Pterostichus strenuus (Panzer, 1796)

Pterostichus strenuus (Panzer, 1796)

Pterostichus strenuus (Panzer, 1796)

Pterostichus strenuus is a woodland ground beetle in Carabidae, found in North America, Europe, and temperate Asia.

Pterostichus madidus (Fabricius, 1775)

Pterostichus madidus (Fabricius, 1775)

Pterostichus madidus (Fabricius, 1775)

Pterostichus madidus, the black clock rain beetle, is a European ground beetle linked to an old rain superstition.

Pterostichus niger (Schaller, 1783)

Pterostichus niger (Schaller, 1783)

Pterostichus niger (Schaller, 1783)

Pterostichus niger is a Palearctic woodland ground beetle species in the Carabidae family.

Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Poecilus cupreus is a widespread Palearctic woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae native to Europe.

Poecilus lepidus (Leske, 1785)

Poecilus lepidus (Leske, 1785)

Poecilus lepidus (Leske, 1785)

Poecilus lepidus is a ground beetle species described in 1785, found across Europe and Western Russia.

Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824)

Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824)

Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824)

Poecilus versicolor is a ground beetle species native to the Palearctic, including many European countries and regions.

Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823)

Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823)

Poecilus chalcites (Say, 1823)

Poecilus chalcites is a carnivorous woodland ground beetle found across the Americas, commonly found in North American cropland, where it eats crop pests.

Poecilus lucublandus (Say, 1823)

Poecilus lucublandus (Say, 1823)

Poecilus lucublandus (Say, 1823)

Poecilus lucublandus is a species of woodland ground beetle in the Carabidae family that occurs in North America.

Gastrellarius honestus (Say, 1823)

Gastrellarius honestus (Say, 1823)

Gastrellarius honestus (Say, 1823)

Gastrellarius honestus is a North American species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae.

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