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Ground Beetles
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Ground Beetles

Carabidae

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. It is one of the ten largest animal families, as of 2015.

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32 branches of this family, most-observed first

Carabinae

subfamilyCarabinae

Harpalinae

subfamilyHarpalinae

Pterostichinae

subfamilyPterostichinae

Platyninae

subfamilyPlatyninae

Lebiinae

subfamilyLebiinae

Pedunculate Ground Beetles

subfamilyScaritinae

Trechinae

subfamilyTrechinae

Licininae

subfamilyLicininae

Nebriinae

subfamilyNebriinae

Dryptinae

subfamilyDryptinae

Brachininae

subfamilyBrachininae

Anthiinae

subfamilyAnthiinae

Panagaeinae

subfamilyPanagaeinae

Broscinae

subfamilyBroscinae

Elaphrinae

subfamilyElaphrinae

Ant Nest Beetles

subfamilyPaussinae

Loricerinae

subfamilyLoricerinae

Omophroninae

subfamilyOmophroninae

Orthogoniinae

subfamilyOrthogoniinae

Promecognathinae

subfamilyPromecognathinae

Ctenodactylinae

subfamilyCtenodactylinae

Psydrinae

subfamilyPsydrinae

Siagoninae

subfamilySiagoninae

Migadopinae

subfamilyMigadopinae

Apotominae

subfamilyApotominae

Melaeninae

subfamilyMelaeninae

Hiletinae

subfamilyHiletinae

Cyclosominae

subfamilyCyclosominae

Protorabinae

subfamilyProtorabinae

Nototylinae

subfamilyNototylinae

Gineminae

subfamilyGineminae

Rhopalochlaenius

genusRhopalochlaenius

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