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Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. 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.
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.
Omophron is a genus of ground beetle (Carabidae), the only extant genus in the subfamily Omophroninae. It is mostly distributed in the Northern Hemisphere with the southern border running through Guatemala and Hispaniola in Americas, South Africa and Madagascar in Africa, Malaysia and Philippines in Asia.
Asaphidion is a Holarctic genus of ground beetle native to Europe, the Near East, North Africa, and North America.
Macrocheilus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Planetes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Prakasha amariformis is a species of harp beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Prakasha.
Hiletinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing 21 species in two genera. All of the species in the genus Hiletus, as well as 6 species in Eucamaragnathus, live in Africa. The other species in Eucamaragnathus live in either Southeast Asia and India, or in South America.
Lebiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Syntomus 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:
Sfitakantha is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Arame macra is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Arame.
Pentagonica is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Dischissus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Eustra is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles. Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Platynini of subfamily Harpalinae, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
Abacetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species. It contains the following species:
Lesticus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Scaritinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
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