Family
Carabidae (Ground beetles)
Platynus ovipennis. Photo: (c) Ken Schneider, 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.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)
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Superfamily: Caraboidea
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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)
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Family: Carabidae (Ground beetles)
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Superfamily: Caraboidea
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Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)
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Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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