Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, Rivacindela hudsoni, can run at a speed of 9 km/h, or about 125 body lengths per second. As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics. While historically treated as a subfamily of ground beetles (Carabidae) under the name Cicindelinae, several studies since 2020 indicated that they should be treated as a family, the Cicindelidae, which are a sister group to Carabidae within the Adephaga.
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are herbivorous or omnivorous.
Harpalinae is the largest subfamily of ground beetles, containing more than 19,000 species worldwide.
Badister is a genus of ground beetle in the family Carabidae native to North Africa, the Near East, and the Holarctic, including Europe.
Pheropsophus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae.
Chydaeus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. Members of this genus are distributed mainly over mountainous regions of southeastern Asia, from the Himalayas and China to the Sunda Islands; however, three species are known from New Guinea and one from Australia.
Pseudophorticus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 14 described species in Pseudophorticus.
Taridius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found in Southeast Asia. The genus was described by Chaudoir in 1875.
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.
Praepristus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 13 described species in Praepristus, found in Indomalaya.
Serrimargo is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Serrimargo.
Tantillus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 12 described species in Tantillus, found in South and Southeast Asia.
Dyschiridium is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Dyschiridium.
Meleagros is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about seven described species in Meleagros, found in Indomalaya.
Onycholabis is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about seven described species in Onycholabis.
Cosmodiscus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Thomas Gibson Sloane in 1907.
Anillinus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 60 described species in Anillinus, from the southeastern United States. They range from the east coast as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. Two species, Anillinus magnus and Anillinus minor, have been described from Brazil, although validity of these species has been questioned.
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.
Abacetini was formerly a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, but is now considered the subtribe Abacetina of the tribe Pterostichini in the same family.
Panagaeini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 20 genera and 300 described species in Panagaeini.
