Carabidae is a large family, with more than 20,000 species worldwide (approximately 2,200 of which reside in North America). Most species are carnivorous, and some will run swiftly to catch their prey. Although there is some variation in their body shape and coloring, most are shiny, black (some are metallic), and have ridged elytra (wing covers).
Ground beetles in the genus Brachinus are commonly known as bombardier beetles; they are noted for their defensive ability to squirt a jet of hot foul-smelling liquid from their abdomens.
Ground beetles in the subfamily Cicindelinae are known as tiger beetles. Unlike most of the other species of Carabidae, which are nocturnal, the tiger beetles are active diurnal hunters, and often brightly coloured.
All species except the more primitive Paussinae, have a groove on their front tibiae (leg) bearing a comb of hairs, for cleaning their antennae. Common habitats are under the bark of trees, under logs, or amongst rocks or sand by the edge of ponds and rivers.
| Species |
Reference source |
Collection |
| Anthia duodecimguttata Benneli |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Anthia sexmaculata Fabricius, 1787 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Calosoma auropunctatum (Herbst, 1784) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Calosoma algiricum Gehin, 1885 |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Calosoma eversmanni Chaudier |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Calosoma maderae (Fabricius, 1775) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Calosoma olivieri Dejean, 1831 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Carabus bytinskii Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus hemprichi Dejean, 1826 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Carabus hemprichi elonensis Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
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| Carabus hemprichi sidonius Lapouge, 1907 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus hemprichi damascenus Lapouge, 1924 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus hermonensis Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
|
| Carabus impressus Klug, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Carabus impressus carmelita Lapouge, 1907 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Schweiger, 1970 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
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| Carabus impressus hybridus Gangelbauer, 1887 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus impressus jordanicus Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus impressus negevensis Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus impressus impressulus Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus impressus dani Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus impressus hureishanus Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus impressus palaestinus Lapouge, 1907 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus maurus osculati Osculati, 1844 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus mendelssohni Schweiger, 1970 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus mulsantianus Morawitz, 1886 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
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| Carabus piochardi Gehin, 1883 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
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| Carabus praestigiator Morawitz, 1888 |
Schweiger, 1970 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
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| Carabus punctatus Castelnau |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
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| Carabus syriacus galilaeus Schweiger, 1970 |
Schweiger, 1970 |
Bet Dagan |
| Species |
Reference source |
Collection |
| Chlaenius aeneocephalus Dejean, 1826 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Chlaenius cruralis Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Chlaenius dejeani Dejean, 1831 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
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| Chlaenius dimidiatus Chaudoir, 1842 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Chlaenius festivus (Panzer, 1796) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Chlaenius festivus caspius Motschulsky |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Chlaenius obscurus Klug, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
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| Chlaenius spoliatus (Rossi, 1790) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Chlaenius subsulcatus Dejean, 1831 |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Chlaenius velutinus (Duftschmid, 1812) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Chlaenius vestitus Paykull, 1790 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Species |
Reference source |
Collection |
| Calomera aulica (Dejean, 1831) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Valdenberg, 1983 |
Bet Dagan |
| Calomera littoralis aulicoides (Sahlberg, 1913) |
Valdenberg, 1983 |
Bet Dagan |
| Calomera littoralis winkleri Mandl, 1934 |
Valdenberg, 1983 |
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| Calomera lunulata lunulata Fabricius, 1781 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cicindela lunulata nemoralis Olivier |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832 |
Valdenberg, 1983 |
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| Cicindela jarudniana vartinorum Tsch. |
Valdenberg, 1983 |
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| Cicindela contorta valdenbergi Mandl, 1981 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Valdenberg, 1983 |
Bet Dagan |
| Lophyra flexuosa Fabricius, 1787 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Valdenberg, 1983 |
Bet Dagan |
| Myriochile melancholica Fabricius, 1798 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Valdenberg, 1983 |
Bet Dagan |
| Neocollyris euphratica (Latreille, 1822 ) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Valdenberg, 1983 |
Bet Dagan |
| Species |
Reference source |
Collection |
| Acinopus laevigatus Ménétriése, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Acinopus picipes (Olivier, 1795) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Acupalpus elegans Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Acupalpus dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Acupalpus luteatus (Duftschmid, 1812) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Anthracus longicornis (Schaum, 1857) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Anthracus quarnerensis (Reitter, 1884) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Carterus angustus Ménétri¸s, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Carterus asiaticus Chaudoir |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Carterus calydonius (Rossi, 1790) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Carterus cribratus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855) |
|
MZLU |
| Carterus dama (Rossi, 1792) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Carterus gilvipes Piochard de la Brulerie, 1873 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Carterus validiusculus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1873 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Daptus vittatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Diachromus germanus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Dicheirotrichus obsoletus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ditomus calydonius (Rossi, 1790) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Ditomus capito Audinet-Serville, 1821 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ditomus clypeatus (Rossi, 1790) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ditomus eremita Dejean, 1825) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ditomus moloch (La Bruliere) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Ditomus obscurus Dejean, 1825 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Ditomus tricuspidatus (Fabricius, 1792) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Dixus curtangulus Reitter, 1900 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Dixus modestus (Schaum, 1858) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Dixus punctulatus Chaudoir, 1844 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Eucarterus sparsutus (Reitter, 1898) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Graphopterus serrator Forsskal, 1775 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Graphopterus serrator multiguttatus Olivier 1790 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Harpalus affinis (Shrank, 1781) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus basanicus Sahlberg |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus caiphus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus distinguendus Duftschmidt, 1812 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus fulvus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan MZLU |
| Harpalus griseus (Panzer, 1797) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus litigiosus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus metallinus Menetries, 1836 |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus puncticollis (Paykull, 1798) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Harpalus punctatostriatus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Harpalus rubripes Duftschmid, 1812 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Harpalus smyrnensis (Heyden, 1888) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Harpalus tiridates Reitter, 1900 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Harpalus tenebrosus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Heteracantha depressa Brullé, 1834 |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Loxoncus procerus Schaum, 1858 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Odotoncarus asiaticus (Chaudoir, 1852) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Odotoncarus samson Reiche and Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Oedesis obscurior Pic, 1911 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Oedesis palaestinus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1873 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Oedesis semiobscurus Pic, 1905 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus azureus Fabricius, 1775 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus brevicollis Audinet-Serville, 1821 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus cribrellus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus diffinis (Dejean, 1829) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Ophonus franzinii Sciaki, 1987 |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Ophonus houskai Jedlicka |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Ophonus israelita Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Ophonus judaeus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus libanigena Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus oblongus Schaum, 1858 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus quadricollis Dejean, 1831 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus subquadratus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus syriacus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Ophonus violaceus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Parophonus hirsutulus (Dejean, 1829) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Parophonus planicollis (Dejean, 1829) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Paraphonus complanatus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Penthus solitarius Peyron, 1858 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Penthus tenebrioides Waltl., 1838 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Pseudaristus modestus Schaum, 1858 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Stenolophus abdominalis Géné 1836 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Stenolophus marginatus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Stenolophus proximus Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Stenolophus teutonus (Schrank, 1781) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Apristus subaeneus Chaudoir, 1846 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cymindis adusta Redtenbacher, 1843 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cymindis andreae Menetries, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Cymindis axillaris (Fabricius, 1794) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cymindis hierichonticus Reiche, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cymindis lineata (Quensel, 1806) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Cymindis saturalis Dejean |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Cymindoidea gracilis (Dejean, 1831) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Dromius linearis (Olivier, 1795) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Dromius vagepictus Fairmaire, 1854 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Glycia ornata Klug, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Glycia unicolor Chaudoir, 1848 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Lebia cyanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Lebia lepida Brulle, 1834 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Lebia ruficollis Reitter, 1915 |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Metadromius lateplagiatus Fairmaire, 1873 |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Microdaccus pulchellus Schaum, 1864 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Microlestes baudii Fairmaire, 1892 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Microlestes corticalis Dufour, 1820 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Microlestes luctuosus Holdhaus, 1904 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Microlestes maurus (Sturm, 1827) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Microlestes minutulus Goeze, 1777 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Microlestes plagiatus (Duftschmid, 1812) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Microlestes seladon Holdhaus, 1912 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Microlestes schmiedeknechti Pic, 1900 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Microlestes syriacus (Brisout, 1885) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Microlestes vittatus Motschulsky, 1859 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Microlestes vittipennis Sahlberg, 1908 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Paradromius strigilatera Reitter, 1894 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Philorhizus crucifer Lucas, 1846 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Philorhizus nigriventris Thomson, 1857 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Philorhizus quadrisignatus (Dejean, 1825) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Platytarus bufo Fabricius, 1801 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Platytarus gracilis Dejean, 1831 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Singilis arcuata Reiche |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Singilis fuscipennis libani Sahlberg |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Singilis plagiata Reiche et Saulcy |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Somotrichus elevatus Fabricius, 1792 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Somotrichus unifasciatus Dejean, 1831 |
Donahaye, 1967 |
Bet Dagan |
| Syntomus fuscomaculatus (Motschulsky, 1844) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Syntomus impressus Dejean, 1825 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Syntomus lateralis (Motschulsky, 1855) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Syntomus foveolatus Dejean, 1831 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Agonum atratum (Duftschmid, 1812) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Agonum dorsale (Pontoppidan, 1763) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Agonum marginatum (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Agonum sordidum Dejean, 1828 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Agonum viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Amara aberrans Baudi di Selve, 1864 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Amara aenea (Degeer, 1774) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal, 1810) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Amara cottyi (Coquerel, 1859) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Amara erythrocnema Zimmermann, 1831 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Amara fervida Coquerel, 1859 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Amara rufescens Dejean, 1829 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Amara simplex Dejean, 1828 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Anchomenus dorsalis Pontoppidan, 1763 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Albacetos quadripustulatus Peyron, 1858 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Calathus acuticollis Putzeys |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Calathus ambiguus (Paykull, 1790) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Calathus fuscipes Goeze, 1777 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Calathus libanensis Putzeys 1873 |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Calathus mollis (Marsham, 1802) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Calathus ochropterus (Duftschmidt, 1812) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Calathus syriacus Chaudoir, 1863 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Laemostenus cordicollis Chaudoir, 1854 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Laemostenus parallelocollis (Reiche et Saulcy, 1855) |
Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Laemostenus quadricollis (Redtenbacher, 1843) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Laemostenus venustus (Dejean, 1828) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
Bet Dagan |
| Olisthopus fuscatus Dejean, 1828 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Olisthopus glabricollis Germar, 1817) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Orthomus barbarus Dejean, 1828 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Orthomus sidonicus Chaudoir, 1873 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Platyderus languidus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 Chikatunov et al, 1999 |
|
| Platyderus punctiger Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Platyderus ruficollis punctiger Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Poecilus bonvoisini Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Poecilus leus Andrewes, 1927 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Poecilus pertusus Schaum, 1858 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Poecilus quadricollis Dejean, 1828 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Pterostichus fuscicornis Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Pterostichus nigritus (Paykull, 1790) |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Pterostichus pertusus Shaum |
|
Bet Dagan |
| Sphodrus leucophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
Bet Dagan |
| Zabrus helopioides Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
|
| Zabrus morio Menetries, 1832 |
Bodenheimer, 1937 |
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