Carabidae subfamilies

Brachininae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 7,500 species in 14 genera of the subfamily.

Carabinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, containing ten genera and over fourteen hundred described species. It has two tribes, the Cychrini Laporte (1834) and Carabini Latreille (1802). The latter is divided into two subtribes, the Carabina Latreille (1802) and Ceroglossina Vacher de Lapouge (1927).

Trechinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are 6 tribes, more than 430 genera, and over 6,700 described species in Trechinae.

Harpalinae is the largest subfamily of ground beetles, containing more than 19,000 species worldwide. thumb|293x293px|Chlaenius purpuricollis, a member of Harpalinae in the tribe Chlaeniini. thumb|207x207px|Panagaeus fasciatus, a Harpalinae species within the tribe Pangaeini. thumb|315x315px|Pterostichus pedemontanus, another member within Harpalinae, in the tribe Pterostichini.

Elaphrinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 4 genera and more than 50 described species in Elaphrinae. thumb|Elaphrus

thumb|Pasimachus thumb|Aspidoglossa subangulata, Oklahoma thumb|Akephorus obesus, California thumb|Pachyodontus languidus, South Africa thumb|Paraclivina bipustulata, Oklahoma

Nebriinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 840 described species in Nebriinae.

Psydrinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.

thumb|Oregus aereus, New Zealand

Siagoninae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 3 genera and more than 80 described species in Siagoninae.

subfamily of insects

Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae). It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.

Melaeninae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are 2 genera and more than 20 described species in Melaeninae.

Hiletinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing 21 species in two genera. All of the species in the genus Hiletus, as well as 6 species in Eucamaragnathus, live in Africa. The other species in Eucamaragnathus live in either Southeast Asia and India, or in South America.

Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles (family Carabidae).

Patrobinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 20 genera and 240 described species in Patrobinae.

Lebiinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 330 genera and 6,300 described species in Lebiinae, in 5 tribes.

Nototylinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains the single genus Nototylus with two species, Nototylus fryi and Nototylus balli which was described in 2020. The first described species N. fryi was represented by a single specimen from Espiritu Santo where the forests were converted for plantations of sugarcane or cacao, and for cattle rearing. The species is considered likely extinct, although some specimens are possibly still live in protected areas like Sooretama Biological Reserve.

thumb|upright| Chlaenius purpuricollis [[imago]] thumb| Badister

Promecognathinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains 10 species in 7 genera:

Rhysodinae is a subfamily (sometimes called wrinkled bark beetles) in the family Carabidae. There are 19 genera and at least 380 described species in Rhysodinae. The group of genera making up Rhysodinae had been treated as the family Rhysodidae in the past, and subsequent DNA analysis then placed it within Carabidae, where it was sometimes treated as the tribe Rhysodini, but the most recent analyses place it as a subfamily in a clade along with subfamilies Paussinae and Siagoninae, forming a sister to the remaining Carabidae.