Platyderus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Platyninae |
Tribe: | Sphodrini |
Subtribe: | Atranopsina |
Genus: | Platyderus Stephens, 1828 |
Platyderus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 100 described species in Platyderus. [1] [2]
These 109 species belong to Platyderus, a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. [1] [2]
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
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.
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.
Brachinus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Nearctic, Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Beetles in this genus are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles. The genus contains the following species:
Cymindis is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Ophonus is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species in the following subgenera:
Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical, the Palearctic, the Near East, North Africa, and North America regions.
Mesolestes is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Mesolestes.
Philorhizus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Philorhizus.
Syntomus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 50 described species in Syntomus.
Singilis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1837.
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles.
Platynus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 180 described species in Platynus.
Orthomus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Orthomus.
Tapinopterus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 70 described species in Tapinopterus, found in Europe and southwest Asia.
Deltomerus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 70 described species in Deltomerus.
Lebiini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 genera and 4,800 described species in Lebiini.