Carabidae: Ground Beetles

Species marked with a * can be identified in the field.

Abax parallelipipedous

Amara apricaria

Amara aena

Anchomenus dorsalis*

Calathus fuscipes

Calathus melanocephalus

Calathus mollis

Calathus piceus

Carabus arvensis*

Carabus granulatus *

Carabus monilis *  Wales BAP & LBAP Species

Carabus nemoralis

Carabus problematicus

Carabus violaceus

Cicindela campestris, Green Tiger Beetle *

Cychrus caraboides

Harpalus affinis

Leistus ferrugineus

Leistus fulvibaris

Nebria brevicollis *

Pterostichus cupreus

Pterostichus madidus, Black Clock Beetle *

Pterostichus melanarius *

Pterostichus minor

Pterostichus niger

Pterostichus nigrita

Pterostichus strenuus

Pterostichus vernalis

Pterostichus versicolor

Carabidae Text for identification:

Luff (2007) The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 4(2).

Carabidae text for distribution:

Luff (1998) Provisional atlas of the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Britain. JNCC.

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