Pterostichus is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,200 species. The beetles are predatory, but sometimes feed on strawberries. They can be found under rocks and prefer slightly moist, sandy soil although preferences differ between species.
Brachinus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Nearctic, Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Beetles in this genus are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles. The genus contains the following species:
Synuchus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic and the Near East. It contains the following species:
Lebia is a genus of predatory ground beetles. Common names include colorful foliage ground beetles and flat ground beetles. They are found worldwide and there over 700 species in 17 subgenera.
Anchista is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Apristus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Syntomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Parena is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Peliocypas is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Coptodera is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, constituted of 105 species distributed across North and South America, Africa, Oceania and eastern Asia.
Dasiosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Diamella is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae. It was originally described by Arnošt Jedlička in 1952 as Dianella. Hongliang Shi, Hongzhang Zhou, and Hongbin Liang proposed Diamella as a replacement name in 2013, since Jedlička's Dianella was a junior homonym of the gastropod genus Dianella, described by Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude in 1913.
Physodera is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found mainly in Asia, containing the following species:
Pentagonica is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 170 described species in Pentagonica.
Perigona is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Colpodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lesticus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1828.
Orionella is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae, with four known species as of April 2013:
Lebiini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 genera and 4,800 described species in Lebiini.
