Carabidae
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Carabidae is a family of beetles that are mostly or entirely unable to fly and typically hunt other small creatures for food. These ground-dwelling predators are important for controlling populations of pests and other insects in their environments.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyCarabidae
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Key dates
- Inception
- 250000000 BCE
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Article
A crucifix ground beetle (Panagaeus cruxmajor) got Charles Darwin into trouble in 1828. Lebia tricolor, genus Lebia, in the family of ground beetles, searching for prey. Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the suborder Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are herbivorous or omnivorous.
Description and ecology