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: Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802
Cicindelinae: Tiger Beetles ChecklistSubfamily: Dryptinae Latreille, 1796
Tribe: Dryptini Latreille, 1796
Singapore: Drypta sp.
Subfamily: Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810
Tribe: Chlaeniini Bonelli, 1810
Singapore: Chlaenius rufifemoratus Macleay, 1825
Tribe: Lebiini Bonelli, 1810
Singapore: cf. Calleida sp.
Singapore: Catascopus dalbertisi Straneo, 1943
Singapore: Catascopus sp.
Singapore: Coptodera marginata Dupuis, 1912
Singapore: Pericalus depressus Andrewes, 1926
East Malaysia: Pericalus cf. figuratus Chaudoir, 1861
Singapore: Pericalus sp.
Singapore: Pericalus tetrastigma Chaudoir, 1861
Singapore: Physodera dejeani Eschscholtz, 1829
Singapore: Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
Singapore: Lebiini
West Malaysia: cf. Coptodera sp.
Subfamily: Orthogoniinae Schaum, 1857
Tribe: Orthogoniini Schaum, 1857
West Malaysia: Orthogonius sp.
East Malaysia: Orthogonius sp.
East Malaysia: Orthogonius sp.
Larvae
Singapore: Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
Unidentified
Singapore: Carabidae
Singapore: Carabidae
