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Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 to 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.
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.
Amara is a large genus of carabid beetles, commonly called the sun beetles. Many are holarctic, but a few species are neotropical or occur in eastern Asia.
Calathus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. There are at least 190 described species in Calathus.
Leistus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic and the Nearctic. It contains the following species:
Leistus terminatus is a species of ground beetle that is native to the Palearctic realm and Europe, where it can be found in countries like Austria, the Baltic states, Benelux, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, the Czech Republic, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, mainland Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and eastern Europe.
Amphimenes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, the ground beetles. They are native to Asia from Burma to Japan to Vietnam.
Nebriinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Leistus fulvibarbis is a species of ground beetle of the subfamily of Nebriinae. Nominative subspecies is distributed in Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa; L. f. danieli found in Italy. They live in forests, bushes, trees and woodlands. Body length of an adult: 6.5–8 millimetres (0.26–0.31 in). Beetle is black colored, with blue metallic shiny elytra. Appendages are reddish-yellow.
Anchomenus dorsalis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Platyninae. It is found in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Elaphropus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 370 described species in Elaphropus.
Brachinus psophia is a species of ground beetle from the Brachininae subfamily that can be found in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia, and in Western Europe. It can also be found on such European islands as Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, and on the island of Cyprus in Asia. Besides European countries it can be found in Armenia, Iran, Iraq and Central Asian republics. It is also known from Turkey, The species were also found and described in Georgia in 2004, and Romania.
Harpalus modestus is a species of black coloured ground beetle that can be found in such European countries as Andorra, Austria, Baltic states, Benelux, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, all states of former Yugoslavia, and central part of Russia. Its existence in Spain and on Alboran island is doubtful. It can also be found in Japan, North and South Korea, and Chinese provinces such as Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shanxi, and Sichuan.
Teretrius montanus is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae. It is found in North America.
Patrobus cinctus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Amara pseudobrunnea is a species of seed-eating ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Bembidion grapii is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Bradycellus montanus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Agonum nigriceps is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia and North America.
Zapotecanillus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Zapotecanillus.
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- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Carl H. Lindroth 1974 Coleoptera. Carabidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 4 Part 2. Royal Entomological Society,London pdf Archived 2017-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Buse, Joern; Eckerter, Tristan; Daume, Nico; Friesdorf, Clemens (February 19, 2022). "New records of Leistus montanus STEPHENS, 1827 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Germany and a first insight into its habitat preference at local and landscape scale". Research Gate. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
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