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Genus: | Parhypates Motschulsky, 1866 |
Parhypates is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [1]
Beetles are a group of 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 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. The largest of all families, the Curculionidae (weevils) with some 83,000 member species, belongs to this order. 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.
Pterostichus is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,100 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. Pterostichus contains the following species:
Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa.
Tetragonoderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
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:
Holconotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. The scientific name of the genus is for the first time published in 1846 by Schmidt-Goebel. Contains the following species:
Caelostomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Argutoridius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Blennidus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Marsyas is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Loxandrus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Feroniola is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Metius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Eucamptognathus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lesticus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trigonognatha is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pachymorphus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species as of 2016:
Tapinopterus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trigonotoma is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
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