Family

Carabidae (Ground beetles)

Notiophilus sylvaticus. Photo: (c) Jason Headley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)
        Superfamily: Caraboidea
        Family: Carabidae (Ground beetles)
        Subfamily: Nebriinae (4)
        Subfamily: Scaritinae (Pedunculate ground beetles) (1)
        Subfamily: Harpalinae (1)
        Subfamily: Cicindelinae (Tiger beetles) (6)
        Subfamily: Platyninae (6)
        Subfamily: Trechinae (6)
        Subfamily: Pterostichinae (4)
        Subfamily: Carabinae (7)
        Subfamily: Brachininae
        Subfamily: Promecognathinae (1)
        Subfamily: Paussinae (Ant nest beetles) (1)
        Subfamily: Licininae (2)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Nebriinae

Subfamily: Scaritinae (Pedunculate ground beetles)

Subfamily: Harpalinae

Subfamily: Cicindelinae (Tiger beetles)

Subfamily: Platyninae

Subfamily: Trechinae

Subfamily: Pterostichinae

Subfamily: Carabinae

Subfamily: Brachininae

Subfamily: Promecognathinae

Subfamily: Paussinae (Ant nest beetles)

Subfamily: Licininae

Family

Carabidae (Ground beetles)

Subtaxa

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