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 a subfamily of ground beetles that contains more than 3,000 species in 4 tribes worldwide, according to the Carabcat Database. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. Some are, rare among ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores.
Carabus is a genus of beetles in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 94 subgenera, 959 species and 2300 subspecies, thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearctic, but 16 Nearctic species are also known. Carabus spp. are 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long, and most species are wingless and often very colourful. These are nocturnal, predatory beetles that feed on snails, earthworms, and caterpillars. Most Carabus species were thought to have inhabited the Eurasian forest, but the species' low dispersal abilities altered the distribution of lineages within the genus.
Carabus granulatus is a species of beetle. It is found across the Palearctic from Ireland to the Russian Far East and has been introduced to North America. It is widespread in Europe. C. granulatus lives in fields, prairies, taiga and in forests. Also along river margins, in fens, lakeshores, and upland peat. It is occasional in gardens.
Carabus smaragdinus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae.
Carabus ulrichii is a species of ground beetle from the family Carabidae originating from the Central Hungarian Basin and found in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, and all of the republics of the former Yugoslavia. They are coloured black, with a green pronotum. The species formation happened in Pleistocene.
Carabus violaceus, sometimes called the violet ground beetle, or the rain beetle is a nocturnal species of a beetle, from the family Carabidae.
Carabus gigas is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae.
Drilus flavescens is a species of beetle belonging to the family Drilidae.
Carabus scabrosus, common name huge violet ground beetle, is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae.
Carabus lafossei is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae.
Carabus blaptoides is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae that can be found in Japan and Russia. The species are black coloured, but could have either purple or green pronotum.
Carabus elysii is a species of ground beetle in the Carabinae subfamily that is endemic to China. The species have black back and dark reddish pronotum.
Carabus rossii is a species of beetle from the family Carabidae, found in Italy. The species are brown-coloured with black pronotum.
Carabus hummelii jurgae is a subspecies of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae that is endemic to Russia. They are black coloured with blue pronotum.
Carabus hummelii middendorfi is a subspecies of ground beetle that is endemic to Russia, where it can only be found on Bolshoy Shantar Island in Primorsky Krai. They are wooden brown coloured with black pronotum.
Carabus mariettii akensis is a subspecies of ground beetle in the Carabinae subfamily that is endemic to Turkey. The species are black coloured with purple pronotum.
Carabus elysii elysii is a subspecies of ground beetle in the Carabinae subfamily that is endemic to China. They could be found in the cities like Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and Sichuan. The subspecies are black coloured with either brown or pink pronotum.
Carabus elysii pulcher is a subspecies of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae that is endemic to Henan, China. The subspecies are black coloured with bronze pronotum.
Carabus akinini akinini is a bronze coloured subspecies of beetle from family Carabidae, that is endemic to Kyrgyzstan. They are brownish-black coloured with either red or black pronotum. The males of the subspecies are 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in) long, while females are 21 millimetres (0.83 in).
