The ITIS Logo The Report banner for the ITIS Data pages
Send us your comments ITIS Data Access Main Menu ITIS Data Development History and Quality Indicators Return to the ITIS Home Page Link to Submit Data to ITIS Menu Link to ITIS Tools Go to Print Version

Carabidae  Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109234

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): carabes [French]
  
    ground beetles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassNeoptera  -- modern, wing-folding insects  
                   OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 -- beetles, besouro, coléoptères  
                      SuborderAdephaga Schellenberg, 1806  
                         FamilyCarabidae Latreille, 1802 -- carabes, ground beetles  
    Direct Children:  
                            Genus Abacidus Leconte, 1873  
                            Genus Abax Bonelli  
                            Genus Acupalpus Latreille, 1829  
                            Genus Aephnidius   
                            Genus Agonum Bonelli  
                            Genus Agra Fabricius  
                            Genus Amara   
                            Genus Ambylgnathus Dejean  
                            Genus Amerinus Casey  
                            Genus Ameroduvalius Valentine  
                            Genus Amphasia Newman  
                            Genus Anatrichus Leconte  
                            Genus Anchonoderus Reiche  
                            Genus Anchonymus   
                            Genus Anchotefflus   
                            Genus Anillaspis Casey  
                            Genus Anillinus Casey  
                            Genus Anillodes Jeannel  
                            Genus Anisodactylus   
                            Genus Apenes Leconte  
                            Genus Aphanotrechus Barr  
                            Genus Apristus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Apteromesus   
                            Genus Ardistomis Putzeys  
                            Genus Asaphidion Des Gozis  
                            Genus Aspidoglossa Putzeys  
                            Genus Atelothrus   
                            Genus Atrachycnemis   
                            Genus Atranus Leconte, 1848  
                            Genus Axinopalpus Leconte  
                            Genus Badister Clairville  
                            Genus Baryneus   
                            Genus Barypristus   
                            Genus Bembidion Latreille  
                            Genus Blackburnia   
                            Genus Blethisa Bonelli  
                            Genus Brachinus Weber  
                            Genus Bradycellus Erichson  
                            Genus Broscodera Lindroth  
                            Genus Brosconymus   
                            Genus Caelostomus M'leay  
                            Genus Calathus Bonelli  
                            Genus Callida Latreille and Dejean  
                            Genus Calosoma   
                            Genus Carabus   
                            Genus Chalcomenus   
                            Genus Chlaenius Bonelli  
                            Genus Cillenus Samouelle, 1819  
                            Genus Clivina Latreille  
                            Genus Colliuris De Geer  
                            Genus Colpocaccus   
                            Genus Colpodes Macleay  
                            Genus Colpodiscus   
                            Genus Coptodera Dejean  
                            Genus Cratacanthus   
                            Genus Cychrus   
                            Genus Cylindronotum Putzeys  
                            Genus Cymindis Latreille  
                            Genus Damaster   
                            Genus Darlingtonea Valentine  
                            Genus Dercylinus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Derobroscus   
                            Genus Deropristus   
                            Genus Diacheila Motschulsky  
                            Genus Dicaelus Bonelli  
                            Genus Dicheirus Mannerheim  
                            Genus Diplochaetus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Diplocheila Brulle  
                            Genus Diplous Motschulsky  
                            Genus Disamara Lindroth  
                            Genus Discoderus Leconte  
                            Genus Disenochus   
                            Genus Dromius Bonelli  
                            Genus Drypta   
                            Genus Dyschirus Bonelli  
                            Genus Ega Laporte  
                            Genus Egadroma   
                            Genus Elaphropus Motschulsky  
                            Genus Elaphrus   
                            Genus Endynomena   
                            Genus Episcopellus Casey  
                            Genus Eucaerus Leconte  
                            Genus Euphorticus Horn  
                            Genus Euproctinus Leng and Mutchler  
                            Genus Euryderus Leconte, 1848  
                            Genus Evolenes Leconte  
                            Genus Galerita Fabricius  
                            Genus Gehringia Darlington, 1933  
                            Genus Geopinus Leconte, 1848  
                            Genus Gnathaphanus   
                            Genus Gnatholymnaeum   
                            Genus Goniotropus Gray  
                            Genus Gynandropus Dejean  
                            Genus Halocoryza Alluaud  
                            Genus Harpalellus Lindroth  
                            Genus Harpalobrachys Tschitscherine  
                            Genus Harpalus Latreille  
                            Genus Hartonymus Casey  
                            Genus Helluomorphoides Ball  
                            Genus Horologion Valentine  
                            Genus Infernophilus Larson  
                            Genus Inna Putzeys  
                            Genus Lachnophorus Dejean  
                            Genus Lebia Latreille  
                            Genus Lecalida Casey  
                            Genus Leistus   
                            Genus Leptotrachelus Latreille  
                            Genus Licinus Latreille  
                            Genus Loricera Latreille  
                            Genus Loxandrus Leconte, 1852  
                            Genus Lymnastus   
                            Genus Lymneops Casey  
                            Genus Masoreus Dejean  
                            Genus Mauna   
                            Genus Mecomenus   
                            Genus Mecyclothorax   
                            Genus Mesothriscus   
                            Genus Metabletus Schmidt-goebel  
                            Genus Metrius Eschscholtz  
                            Genus Metromenus   
                            Genus Micratopus Casey  
                            Genus Micrixys Leconte  
                            Genus Microlestes Schmidt-goebel  
                            Genus Mioptachys Bates  
                            Genus Miscodera Eschscholtz  
                            Genus Morion Latreille  
                            Genus Myas Dejean  
                            Genus Mysticomenus   
                            Genus Neaphaenops   
                            Genus Nebria   
                            Genus Nelsonites   
                            Genus Nemotarsus Leconte  
                            Genus Nomius Laporte  
                            Genus Notiobia Bates  
                            Genus Notiophilus Dumeril  
                            Genus Olisthopus Dejean  
                            Genus Omophron Laterille, 1802  
                            Genus Oodes Bonelli  
                            Genus Opisthius Kirby  
                            Genus Oxycrepis Reiche  
                            Genus Pachyteles   
                            Genus Panagaeus Latreille  
                            Genus Paratachys Casey  
                            Genus Pasimachus Bonelli  
                            Genus Patrobus Dejean  
                            Genus Pelmatellus Bates  
                            Genus Pelophila   
                            Genus Pentagonica Schmidt-goebel  
                            Genus Pericompus Leconte, 1851  
                            Genus Perigona Laporte  
                            Genus Perileptus Schaum  
                            Genus Phloeoxena Chaudoir  
                            Genus Phrypeus Casey  
                            Genus Pinacodera Schaum  
                            Genus Platidiolus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Platynus Bonelli  
                            Genus Platypatrobus   
                            Genus Plochionus Dejean  
                            Genus Pogonistes Chaudior  
                            Genus Pogonodaptus Horn  
                            Genus Polpochila Solier  
                            Genus Polyderis Motschulsky  
                            Genus Porotachys   
                            Genus Pristonychus Dejean  
                            Genus Prodisenochus   
                            Genus Promecognathus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Pseudabarys Freitag  
                            Genus Pseudanophthalmus Jeannel  
                            Genus Pseudaptinus Laporte  
                            Genus Pseudobroscus   
                            Genus Pseudomorpha Kirby  
                            Genus Pseudoopterus   
                            Genus Psydrus Leconte, 1846  
                            Genus Pterostichus Bonelli  
                            Genus Rhadine Leconte  
                            Genus Scaphinotus   
                            Genus Scarites Fabricius  
                            Genus Schizogenius Putzeys  
                            Genus Selenophorus Dejean  
                            Genus Sericoda Kirby  
                            Genus Somatrichus   
                            Genus Somotrichus Seidlitz  
                            Genus Sphaeroderus   
                            Genus Stenocrepis Chaudoir  
                            Genus Stenolophus Stephens  
                            Genus Stenomorphus Dejean  
                            Genus Stylulus Schaufuss  
                            Genus Synuchus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Tachys Stephens  
                            Genus Tachyta Kirby  
                            Genus Tecnophilus Chaudoir  
                            Genus Tefflus   
                            Genus Tetragonoderus Dejean  
                            Genus Thalassotrechus   
                            Genus Trechoblemus Ganglbauer  
                            Genus Trechus Clairville  
                            Genus Trichocellus Ganglbauer  
                            Genus Trichotichnus Morawitz  
                            Genus Troglanillus Jeannel  
                            Genus Typhlonesiotes   
                            Genus Xenotrechus Barr and Krekeler  
                            Genus Xestonotus LeConte, 1853  
                            Genus Zacotus   
                            Genus Zuphium Latreille  
                            Subfamily Carabinae Latreille, 1802  
                            Subfamily Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802 -- tiger beetles 
                            Subfamily Elaphrinae Latreille, 1802  
                            Subfamily Gehringiinae Darlington, 1933  
                            Subfamily Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810  
                            Subfamily Hiletinae Schiödte, 1847  
                            Subfamily Loricerinae Bonelli, 1810  
                            Subfamily Migadopinae Chaudoir, 1861  
                            Subfamily Omophroninae Bonelli, 1810  
                            Subfamily Paussinae Latreille, 1807  
                            Subfamily Scaritinae Bonelli, 1810  
                            Subfamily Siagoninae Bonelli, 1810  
                            Subfamily Trechinae Bonelli, 1810  
       
                          FamilyCarabidae Latreille, 1802 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                            Subfamily Brachininae Bonelli, 1810  
                            Subfamily Pseudomorphinae Newman, 1842  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: carabes [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carabidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carabidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coleoptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera   
  Page(s): 14-820   
  Publisher: Entomological Information Services   
  Publication Place: Rockville, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-889002-01-1   
  Notes: Series ISBN is 1-889002-00-3   
  Reference for: Carabidae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division:    
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment:    
 

 

    

 Other Off-Site Resources    This is a new feature of ITIS
       
 

Additional off-site resources may be available for this taxon. ITIS will build search links for all of the following that return results:

  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Data Portal
  • BioOne Journals
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez Life Sciences Search
  • Google Images
  • The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora Search
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) Search
  • Threatened and Endangered Species (TESS) Search
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Search
  • Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Search
  • USDA PLANTS Database Search
  • NatureServe Explorer Search

Please be patient. The time it takes to return results depends on the speed of the individual sites and may take several minutes.


  
 
   
A gray graphic bar
Search on:  Any Name or TSN  Common Name  Scientific Name  TSN
In:  Kingdom    

Go to Advanced Search and Report
A gray bar
Date Generated:  
Tue Feb 9 2010 10:07:54 MST