Carabidae Checklist: Ground Beetles
Ground beetles belong to the family Carabidae. Most are shiny or metallic, and have ridged elytra. Most carabids have a groove on their foreleg tibiae bearing a comb of hairs used for cleaning their antennae.
All photos are of live subjects shot in the field, with the dorsal view selected where available. Click on individual photos for larger views and views from other angles. As specimens were not collected, identifications were done purely based on photographs and may not be 100% accurate.
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Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Carabidae Latreille, 1802
Singapore: Carabidae DSC_8136
Singapore: Carabidae DSC_7273
Singapore: Carabidae P4305778
West Malaysia: Carabidae P7066482
Subfamily: Anthiinae Bonelli, 1813
Tribe: Helluonini Hope, 1838
Genus: Macrocheilus Hope, 1838
Singapore: Macrocheilus sp. PA067103
Subfamily: Carabinae Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Carabini Latreille, 1802
Netherlands: Carabus problematicus Herbst, 1786
Netherlands: Carabus nemoralis Muller, 1764
Subfamily: Dryptinae Latreille, 1796
Tribe: Dryptini Latreille, 1796
Genus: Dendrocellus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Singapore: Dendrocellus geniculatus (Klug, 1834)
Subfamily: Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Ctenodactylini Laporte, 1834
Genus: Calophaena Klug, 1821
Ecuador: Calophaena sp. P6077977
Ecuador: Calophaena sp. P6143299
Subfamily: Lebiinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Lebiini Bonelli, 1810
Indonesia (Kalimantan): Pericalina PA189974
Indonesia (Kalimantan): Pericalina PA191604
Genus: Calleida Latreille, 1824
Singapore: cf. Calleida sp.
Genus: Catascopus Kirby, 1825
Singapore: Catascopus facialis (Wiedemann, 1819)
Singapore: Catascopus sp. DSC_9728
Indonesia (Kalimantan): Catascopus sp. PA201818
Genus: Coptodera Dejean, 1825
Singapore: Coptodera johorensis Kirschenhofer, 2010
West Malaysia: Coptodera johorensis Kirschenhofer, 2010
Singapore: Coptodera marginata Dupuis, 1912
Indonesia (Sumatra): Coptodera sp. PB033646
Indonesia (Kalimantan): Coptodera sp. PA189505
Genus: Dolichoctis Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Singapore: Dolichoctis tetracolon Chaudoir, 1869
Singapore: cf. Dolichoctis sp. P1137125
Singapore: cf. Dolichoctis sp. P7034362
Genus: Holcoderus Chaudoir, 1870
Singapore: Holcoderus gracilis (Oberthür, 1883)
Genus: Pericalus W.S.MacLeay, 1825
Singapore: Pericalus depressus Andrewes, 1926
East Malaysia: Pericalus cf. figuratus Chaudoir, 1861
Thailand: Pericalus ornatus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Singapore: Pericalus quadrimaculatus (W.S.Macleay, 1825)
Indonesia (Sumatra): Pericalus sp. PB033642
Genus: Physodera Eschscholtz, 1829
East Malaysia: Physodera cf. chalceres Andrewes, 1930
Singapore: Physodera dejeani Eschscholtz, 1829
Singapore: Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
Genus: Serrimargo Chaudoir, 1870
Singapore: Serrimargo ater (Laporte, 1835)
Singapore: Serrimargo grouvellei Bouchard, 1901
Singapore: Serrimargo sp. P5199058
Tribe: Odacanthini Laporte, 1834
Genus: Mimocolliuris Liebke, 1933
Indonesia (Sumatra): Mimocolliuris sp. PB043803
Subfamily: Licininae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Chlaeniini Bonelli, 1810
Genus: Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810
Singapore: Chlaenius rufifemoratus Macleay, 1825
Thailand: Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) sp.
Subfamily: Orthogoniinae Schaum, 1857
Tribe: Orthogoniini Schaum, 1857
Genus: Hexachaetus Chaudoir, 1872
East Malaysia: Hexachaetus lateralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Genus: Orthogonius W.S.MacLeay, 1825
West Malaysia: Orthogonius sp. DSC_4515
Singapore: Orthogonius sp. P4164834
East Malaysia: Orthogonius sp. DSC_3553
East Malaysia: Orthogonius sp. P7052845
Indonesia (Kalimantan): Orthogonius sp. PA179043
Subfamily: Panagaeinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Panagaeini Bonelli, 1810
Genus: Craspedophorus Hope, 1838
Singapore: Craspedophorus hajeki (Häckel & Kirschenhofer, 2014)
Subfamily: Platyninae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Platynini Bonelli, 1810
Indonesia (Sumatra): Platynina PB022525
Genus: Metacolpodes Jeannel, 1948
Indonesia (Sumatra): Metacolpodes buchanani (Hope 1831)
Subfamily: Paussinae Latreille, 1807
Tribe: Ozaenini Hope, 1838
Genus: Pseudozaena Laporte, 1834
Singapore: Pseudozaena orientalis Klug, 1834
Larvae
Singapore: Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
