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.
Dioryche is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trachysarus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Catascopus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pericalus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Melanchrous is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles.
Platynus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 180 described species in Platynus.
Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.
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:
Chlaeminus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Andrewesinulus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Caelostomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains the following species:
Lesticus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1828.
Dyschirius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae:
Abacetus semiopacus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Straneo in 1948. The beetle inhabits Africa, Australia and Asia and is one of 417 species in the Carabidae.
Harpalini is a tribe of a diverse group of ground beetles belonging to the subfamily Harpalinae within the broader family Carabidae. The tribe contains more than 1,900 species.
Lebiini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 genera and 4,800 described species in Lebiini.
Pterostichini is a tribe of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae. There are about 180 genera and more than 3,800 described species in Pterostichini.
