| Poecilus | |
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| Poecilus versicolor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
| Tribe: | Pterostichini |
| Genus: | Poecilus Bonelli, 1810 |
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Poecilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa, and North America regions. [1] [2] [3]
These 144 species belong to the genus Poecilus: [1] [2]
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
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:
Tetragonoderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae.
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.
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:
Oxycrepis is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae, first described by Louis Jérôme Reiche in 1843. There are more than 260 described species in Oxycrepis, found in North, Central, and South America, as well as Australia.
Lesticus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1828.
Harpalini is a tribe of a diverse group of ground beetles belonging to the subfamily Harpalinae within the broader family Carabidae. The tribe contains more than 1,900 species.
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.
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