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Machozetus lehmanni | |
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Genus: | Machozetus Chaudoir, 1850 |
Machozetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [1]
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 speciose animal families.
Rhysodidae is a family of beetles, consisting of more than 350 species in about 20 genera.
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.
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.
Brachininae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following 14 genera:
Carabinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.
Megacephala 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.
Altagonum is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Psydrinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Elaphropus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 370 described species in Elaphropus.
Tachys is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 270 described species in Tachys.
Harpalini is a tribe of a diverse group of ground beetles belonging to the subfamily Harpalinae within the broader family Carabidae. The Harpalini tribe contains an estimated 70 genera and subgenera with 357 described species.
Xenion ignitum is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is the sole species of the monotypic genus Xenion.
Stenolophina is a subtribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 50 described species in Stenolophina.
Rhysodini is a tribe of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 19 genera and at least 380 described species in Rhysodini.
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