Metius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
Genus: | Metius Curtis, 1839 |
Metius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [1]
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.
Agra is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, the ground beetles. There are over 500 described species, but there are well over 1000 specimens in collections that have not yet been described. The common name elegant canopy beetles has been used for genus Agra.
Lebia is a genus of predatory ground beetles. Common names include colorful foliage ground beetles and flat ground beetles. They are found worldwide and there over 700 species in 17 subgenera.
Selenophorus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1831.
Tetragonoderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles.
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:
Blennidus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trirammatus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Oxycrepis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Louis Jérôme Reiche in 1843.
Pachymorphus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species as of 2016:
Scaritinae is a large subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing more than 2400 species in over 140 genera. They are found worldwide.
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.