Zabrus | |
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Zabrus spinipes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Pterostichinae |
Tribe: | Zabrini |
Subtribe: | Zabrina Bonelli, 1810 |
Genus: | Zabrus Clairville, 1806 |
Type species | |
Carabus gibbus (= Carabus tenebrioides Goeze, 1777) |
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. [2]
The following are subgenera of Zabrus: [3] [4] [5] [6]
Zabrus contains the following species: [8]
Harpalus is a genus of ground beetle first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
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.
Cymindis is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Molops is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Molops, found primarily in Europe.
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.
Platyderus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 100 described species in Platyderus.
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.
Zabrus albanicus is a species ground beetle in the Pterostichinae subfamily that can be found in Albania (Prisren-Dieck) and all states of former Yugoslavia.
Zabrus socialis is a species of ground beetle in the Pelor subgenus that can be found in Near East, former Yugoslavia and Turkey (Bursa).
Zabrus seidlitzi is a species of ground beetle in the Pelor subgenus that is endemic to Spain.
Zabrus laurae is a species of ground beetle in the Iberozabrus subgenus that is endemic to Spain.
Zabrus graecus is a species of ground beetle in the Pelor subgenus that is endemic to Greece.
Zabrus corpulentus is a species of ground beetle in the Pelor subgenus that can be found in Bulgaria and Near East.
Zabrus incrassatus is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae.
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.