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| Genus: | Metrius Eschscholtz, 1829 |
Metrius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [1]
Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making significant collections of flora and fauna in Alaska, California, and Hawaii.
Omus is a genus of tiger beetles, subfamily Cicindelinae. Its members are dark colored, nocturnal, and flightless. All members occur along the west coast of North America.
Denticollinae is a subfamily of beetle in the click beetle family. They occur in most regions of the world but are more abundant in cool temperate areas.
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.
Notiophilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following 57 species:
Patrobus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic and the Nearctic. It contains the following species:
Buprestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following genera in the tribes Anthaxiini, Buprestini, Chrysobothrini, Melanophilini, and Xenorhipidini:
Broscinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. It contains the tribe Broscini and the following genera:
Ceroglossus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: Members of this genus are restricted to Chile and Argentina.
Tricondyla is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Leptotrachelus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following 34 species:
Amblystomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lebiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Cryptobatis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Physodera is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found mainly in Asia, containing the following species:
Nebria carbonaria is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that is endemic to Kamchatka, Russia.
Ceroglossus chilensis, the Chilean magnificent beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae.
Cicindela altaica is a species of tiger beetle in the genus Cicindela. It was described by Eschscholtz in 1829 and is endemic to Altai Mountains in Russia.
Metrius contractus is a species of bombardier beetle. It was described by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz in 1892.
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