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
Subfamily: Carabinae Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Carabini Latreille, 1802
Netherlands: Carabus problematicus Herbst, 1786
Netherlands: Carabus nemoralis Muller, 1764
Subfamily: Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802
Cicindelinae: Tiger Beetles ChecklistSubfamily: Dryptinae Latreille, 1796
Tribe: Dryptini Latreille, 1796
Singapore: Dendrocellus geniculatus (Klug, 1834)
Subfamily: Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Ctenodactylini Laporte, 1834
Ecuador: Calophaena sp. P6077977
Ecuador: Calophaena sp. P6143299
Subfamily: Lebiinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Lebiini Bonelli, 1810
Singapore: cf. Calleida sp.
Singapore: Catascopus facialis (Wiedemann, 1819)
Singapore: Catascopus sp.
Singapore: Coptodera marginata Dupuis, 1912
Singapore: Dolichoctis tetracolon Chaudoir, 1869
Singapore: Holcoderus gracilis (Oberthür, 1883)
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)
Singapore: Pericalus quadrimaculatus (W.S.Macleay, 1825)
Singapore: Physodera dejeani Eschscholtz, 1829
Singapore: Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
Singapore: Coptodera johorensis Kirschenhofer, 2010
West Malaysia: Coptodera johorensis Kirschenhofer, 2010
Singapore: Serrimargo grouvellei Bouchard, 1901
Singapore: Serrimargo ater (Laporte, 1835)
Subfamily: Licininae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Chlaeniini Bonelli, 1810
Singapore: Chlaenius rufifemoratus Macleay, 1825
Thailand: Sphodromimus sp.
Subfamily: Orthogoniinae Schaum, 1857
Tribe: Orthogoniini Schaum, 1857
West Malaysia: Orthogonius sp.
Singapore: Orthogonius sp.
East Malaysia: Orthogonius sp.
East Malaysia: Hexachaetus lateralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Subfamily: Panagaeinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Panagaeini Bonelli, 1810
Singapore: Craspedophorus hajeki (Häckel & Kirschenhofer, 2014)
Subfamily: Paussinae Latreille, 1807
Tribe: Ozaenini Hope, 1838
Singapore: Pseudozaena orientalis Klug, 1834
Unidentified Carabidae
Singapore: Carabidae P4305778
Singapore: Carabidae DSC_8136
Larvae
Singapore: Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
Unidentified
Singapore: Carabidae
Singapore: Carabidae
