Abax | |
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Abax parallelepipedus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
Tribe: | Pterostichini |
Subtribe: | Pterostichina |
Genus: | Abax Bonelli, 1810 |
Subgenera | |
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Abax is a genus of carabid beetles. [1] [2]
These beetles are mostly glossy black with parallel striation on elytra. They are carnivorous.
These 19 species belong to the genus Abax: [1] [2]
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
Elaphrus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 40 described species in Elaphrus.
Notiophilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Most known for their distinctive head shape and size-body ratio the genus is sometimes referred to as the springtail stalkers.
Abax carinatus is a species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Anisodactylus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
Badister is a genus of ground beetle in the family Carabidae native to North Africa, the Near East, and the Holarctic, including Europe.
Olisthopus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Ophonus is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species in the following subgenera:
Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical, the Palearctic, the Near East, North Africa, and North America regions.
Carabinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, containing ten genera and over fourteen hundred described species. It has two tribes, the Cychrini Laporte (1834) and Carabini Latreille (1802). The latter is divided into two subtribes, the Carabina Latreille (1802) and Ceroglossina Vacher de Lapouge (1927).
Parophonus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 70 described species in Parophonus.
Syntomus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 50 described species in Syntomus.
Abacops is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae; its only species is Abacops rugipennis.
Pogonus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, found worldwide. There are more than 50 described species in Pogonus.
Epomis is a subgenus of ground beetle genus Chlaenius. The larvae of this subgenus are notable for being obligate role-reversal predators. Amphibians such as frogs are normally predators of beetles; however, Epomis larvae feed exclusively on amphibians.
Nebria dahlii is a species in the beetle family Carabidae, found in Europe.
Laemostenus janthinus is a species in the beetle family Carabidae.