Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. It is one of the ten most speciose animal families, as of 2015.
Rhysodidae is a family of beetles, consisting of more than 350 species in about 20 genera.
The Adephaga, with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, are a suborder of highly specialized beetles and the second-largest suborder of the order Coleoptera. Members of this suborder are adephagans, a term which notably include ground beetles, tiger beetles, predacious diving beetles, and whirligig beetles. The majority of the species belongs to the family of carabids, or ground beetles (Carabidae).
Walther Hermann Richard Horn was a German entomologist who specialised in beetles (Coleoptera). He was born in Berlin, where he also died. He is not to be confused with the American entomologist George Henry Horn, another entomologist that studied Coleoptera.
Zabrus is a genus of ground beetles. They are, unusually for ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores, and Zabrus tenebrioides can become a pest in cereal fields.
Ant nest beetles or paussines, some members of which are known also as flanged bombardier beetles, are a large subfamily within the ground beetles (Carabidae). The tribes Metriini, Ozaenini, Paussini and Protopaussini are included in the subfamily.
Miscodera arctica is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Miscodera.
Carabinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Trichotichnus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Scalidion is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Nebriinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Orthogoniinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Orthogoniini of subfamily Harpalinae, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles. Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Platynini of subfamily Harpalinae, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
Tetracha martii, common name Marti's metallic tiger beetle, is a species of beetles belonging to the Carabidae family.
Psydrinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Omoglymmius is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae, found on every continent except Africa and Antarctica. There are at least 150 species in Omoglymmius.
Elaphropus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 370 described species in Elaphropus.
Carabus loschnikovi is a species of beetle from Carabidae family, that can be found in Mongolia and Russia. The species comes in black, brown, or purple colour, and can range from 15–16 millimetres (0.59–0.63 in) in length.
Bembidiina is a subtribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 5 genera and at least 140 described species in Bembidiina.
