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Carabus
thumb|Carabus ulrichii, Romania thumb|Carabus auratus, Germany thumb|Carabus granulatus, Canada thumb|Carabus glabratus, UK thumb|Carabus nemoralis, Canada thumb|Carabus lineatus lateralis, Spain thumb|Carabus nymph, Switzerland thumb|Carabus rossii, Italy
Calosoma
thumb|Calosoma planicolle thumb|Calosoma senegalense thumb|Calosoma scrutator by Alejandro Santillana "Insects Unlocked" Project, University of Texas at Austin
Calathus
genus of insects
Cychrus
Cychrus is a large genus of rare snail-eating beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 160 described species in Cychrus. They are found throughout the world, although more than 80% of the species occur in China. thumb|Cychrus attenuatus, Germany
Amara
genus of insects
Abax
genus of insects
Brachinus
thumb|Brachinus sclopeta
Nebria
Nebria is a genus of ground beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. There are more than 500 described species in Nebria.
Harpalus
genus of insects
Notiophilus
Notiophilus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Most known for their distinctive head shape and size-body ratio the genus is sometimes referred to as the springtail stalkers.
Anthia
Anthia (common name saber-toothed ground beetles) is a genus of the ground beetle family (Carabidae) from Africa and Asia. Species of Anthia can spray a jet of formic acid up to , which, if not treated, can cause blindness in animals that harass the beetles.
Panagaeus
Panagaeus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae, native to the Holarctic (including Europe), the Near East, and North Africa, as well as Central and South America. There are about 15 described species in Panagaeus. thumb|Panagaeus sallei thumb| Panagaeus bipustulatus
Omophron
thumb|Omophron nitidum
Agonum
thumb|Agonum cupripenne Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
Elaphrus
Elaphrus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 40 described species in Elaphrus. thumb|Elaphrus
Chlaenius
Chlaenius is a large and diverse genus of ground beetle. It is native to the Palearctic realm (including Europe, the Near East, and North Africa), Afrotropical realm, and Nearctic realm. Worldwide, roughly 1,000 species are currently recognized with most known species occurring in the Oriental and Afrotropical regions. The genus is divided into many subgenera.
Bembidion
thumb|Bembidion tetracolum
Ophonus
Ophonus is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species in the following subgenera:
Clivina
thumbnail|Clivina collaris Clivina is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa. There are more than 600 described species in Clivina including Clivina acutimentum, Clivina australasiae and Clivina breviuscula.
Anophthalmus
Anophthalmus, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-), meaning "lack", and ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós), meaning "eye", is a genus of ground beetle, endemic to Europe.
Badister
thumb|Badister unipustulatus
Molops
Molops is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Molops, found primarily in Europe.
Acupalpus
Acupalpus is a genus of insect-eating beetle species. Its representatives are found across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Blethisa
Blethisa is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Blethisa, found in the Holarctic.
Stenolophus
thumb|Stenolophus lineola thumb|Stenolophus smaragdulus thumb|Stenolophus teutonus thumb|Stenolophus bilineatus thumb|Stenolophus comma thumb|Stenolophus viriditinctus thumb|Stenolophus trivittis
Leistus
thumb|Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 described species in Leistus, found in the Holarctic.
Anisodactylus
thumb| Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis, Maryland
Pelophila
Pelophila is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are two described species in Pelophila.
Abacetus
Abacetus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia, with a single European species. It contains the following species:
Mecyclothorax
Mecyclothorax is a genus of beetles that contains over 400 described species or subspecies, mostly from the Hawaiian Islands, and Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia. Additional radiations have evolved in Queensland, Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. The genus has been divided into five subgenera: Eucyclothorax Liebherr 2018 of Australia, Qecyclothorax Liebherr 2018 of Queensland, Australia, Meonochilus Liebherr & Marris, 2009 of New Zealand, Phacothorax Jeannel 1944 of New Caledonia, and the more widely distributed subgenus Mecyclothorax Sharp 1903 [in Australia, the Sundas, New Zealan
Helluomorphoides
Helluomorphoides is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Helluomorphoides.
Broscus
Broscus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Loricera
thumb| Loricera pilicornis
Aptinus
Aptinus is a genus of ground beetle native to Europe and the Near East. It contains the following species:
Diacheila
Diacheila is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Diacheila.
Pelmatellus
Pelmatellus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pelmatellus.
Mecodema
Mecodema is a genus of large flightless ground beetle (Carabidae) endemic to New Zealand. The genus is very diverse in comparison to the other three New Zealand genera (Diglymma, Oregus, Orthoglymma) within the subtribe Nothobroscina (tribe Broscini). Mecodema is geographically widespread across both the North and South Islands, as well as numerous offshore islands, including the Three Kings Is., Poor Knights Is., Aotea (Great Barrier Is.) and Hauturu (Little Barrier Is.), Kapiti Is., Stephens Is., Stewart Is., Chatham Is., Snares Is.
Duvalius
Duvalius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. They are distributed from the Mediterranean area to northwestern China. They typically live in caves and in shallow subterranean spaces. Many species are rare and have very restricted distributions.
Apotomus
Apotominae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains the single genus Apotomus with the following species:
Scaphinotus
Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless. thumb|Scaphinotus angusticollis
Perigona
Perigona is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 170 described species in Perigona.
Microlestes
thumb|Masoreus wetterhallii Microlestes is a genus of ground beetle native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, North Africa, and the Oriental region.
Galerita
Galerita is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 90 described species in Galerita. thumb|Galerita mexicana
Discoderus
Discoderus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Discoderus.
Metrius
Metrius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Synuchus
Synuchus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 80 described species in Synuchus.
Pasimachus
Pasimachus () is a genus of North American beetles in the family Carabidae
Carterus
Carterus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pheropsophus
Pheropsophus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. It is considered a sister group of the genus Pheropsophidius within the subtribe Pheropsophina.
Acinopus
Acinopus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Dicheirus
Dicheirus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Dicheirotrichus
thumb|Dicheirotrichus, Russia
Notiobia
Notiobia is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, comprising at least 100 species.
Protopaussus
Protopaussus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, the sole genus of the tribe Protopaussini. It is found in Indomalaya and temperate Asia.
Ditomus
Ditomus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Ditomus, found in the Palearctic.
Dyschirius
thumb|Dyschirius thoracicus
Poecilus
thumb|Poecilus lucublandus thumb|Poecilus chalcites, Oklahoma, USA thumb|Poecilus lepidus, Denmark
Mastax
Mastax is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following 52 species:
Sphaeroderus
Sphaeroderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, found in North America. The genus contains the following species:
Amblytelus
Amblytelus is a genus of ground beetle including 44 species distributed through southern Australia, including the Southwest and along the east coast up to North Queensland.