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 Order Coleoptera
Superfamily Caraboidea
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Carabidae (ground beetles) |
Hygrobiidae  |
The ground beetles (Carabidae) are a very large family with more than 40,000 scientifically described species worldwide. More than 550 species are recorded from Germany. The majority of them are land-dwellers, but a few species are aquatic hunters. Most of the species are nocturnal and carnivorous and prey on invertebrates and their larvae. Large species (e.g. genus Carabus) can also overpower smaller mollusks, like worms or slugs. Some species are herbivorous and feed on grass seeds with high contents of fats and starch. They can be found from the lowland up to alpine levels and in many different habitats, from wet to xerothermic. They have also occupied special ecological niches: Some species live under the bark of trees (corticolous), on trees and shrubs (arboreal), in caves (cavernicolous) or subterraneous (hypogaeic). |
| World: 40,000 |
Europe: 2700 |
Germany: 568 |
collected: 341
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fraction: 60% |
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Color of pronotum or elytra, total or partial, also metallic shine
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Cicindela silvatica
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Cicindela silvicola ♂
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Cicindela hybrida
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Cicindela maritima
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Cicindela campestris
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Cylindera germanica
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Cylindera arenaria
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Calosoma inquisitor ♂
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Calosoma sycophanta ♂
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Calosoma reticulatum
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Carabus coriaceus ♂
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Carabus irregularis ♂
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Carabus violaceus ♂
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Carabus intricatus ♂
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Carabus auronitens
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Carabus problematicus
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Carabus granulatus ♂
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Carabus cancellatus
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Carabus auratus
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Carabus convexus ♀
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Carabus nitens ♀
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Carabus nodulosus
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Carabus arvensis ♂
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Carabus monilis
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Carabus nemoralis ♂
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Carabus hortensis ♂
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Carabus silvestris ♂
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Cychrus caraboides
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Cychrus attenuatus
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Leistus spinibarbis
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Leistus rufomarginatus
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Leistus fulvibarbis
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Leistus ferrugineus
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Nebria livida
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Nebria picicornis
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Nebria rufescens
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Nebria brevicollis
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Nebria salina
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Nebria germari
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Nebria castanea
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Notiophilus aesthuans
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Notiophilus palustris
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Notiophilus germinyi
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Notiophilus substriatus
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Notiophilus rufipes
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Notiophilus biguttatus
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Notiophilus quadripunctatus
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Omophron limbatum
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Blethisa multipunctata
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Elaphrus uliginosus
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Elaphrus cupreus
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Elaphrus riparius
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Elaphrus aureus
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Loricera pilicornis
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Clivina fossor
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Clivina collaris
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Dyschirius arenosus
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Dyschirius obscurus
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Dyschirius nitidus
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Dyschirius lucidus
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Dyschirius salinus
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Dyschirius aeneus
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Dyschirius luedersi
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Dyschirius intermedius
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Dyschirius laeviusculus
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Dyschirius angustatus
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Dyschirius globosus
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Broscus cephalotes ♂
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Perileptus areolatus
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Epaphius secalis
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Trechus rubens
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Trechus quadristriatus
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Trechus obtusus
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Trechus pilisensis
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Lasiotrechus discus
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Anillus caecus
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Tachys scutellaris
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Paratachys bistriatus
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Elaphropus parvulus
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Elaphropus quadrisignatus
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Elaphropus sexstriatus
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Porotachys bisulcatus
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Tachyta nana
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Bembidion striatum
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Bembidion foraminosum
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Bembidion argenteolum
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Bembidion velox
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Bembidion litorale
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Bembidion pygmaeum
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Bembidion lampros
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Bembidion properans
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Bembidion punctulatum
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Bembidion ruficolle
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Bembidion dentellum
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Bembidion obliquum
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Bembidion varium
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Bembidion semipunctatum
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Bembidion prasinum
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Bembidion tibiale
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Bembidion geniculatum
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Bembidion atrocaeruleum
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Bembidion varicolor
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Bembidion fasciolatum
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Bembidion ascendens
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Bembidion monticola
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Bembidion deletum
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Bembidion stephensii
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Bembidion lunatum
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Bembidion bruxellense
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Bembidion tetracolum
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Bembidion femoratum
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Bembidion testaceum
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Bembidion decorum
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Bembidion modestum
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Bembidion tetragrammum
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Bembidion stomoides ♂
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Bembidion elongatum
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Bembidion decoratum
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Bembidion schuppelii
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Bembidion gilvipes
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Bembidion assimile
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Bembidion aspericolle
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Bembidion azurescens
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Bembidion quadrimaculatum
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Bembidion quadripustulatum
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Bembidion doris
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Bembidion articulatum
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Bembidion octomaculatum
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Bembidion obtusum
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Bembidion biguttatum
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Bembidion mannerheimii
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Bembidion guttula
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Bembidion lunulatum
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Ocys harpaloides
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Asaphidion caraboides
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Asaphidion pallipes
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Asaphidion flavipes
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Asaphidion austriacum
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Pogonus luridipennis
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Pogonus iridipennis
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Pogonus chalceus
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Patrobus atrorufus
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Perigona nigriceps
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Anisodactylus binotatus
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Anisodactylus signatus
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Anisodactylus poeciloides
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Diachromus germanus
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Trichotichnus laevicollis
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Trichotichnus nitens
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Parophonus maculicornis
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Harpalus signaticornis
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Harpalus flavescens
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Harpalus froelichi
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Harpalus affinis ♂
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Harpalus distinguendus ♂
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Harpalus smaragdinus ♂
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Harpalus dimidiatus ♂
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Harpalus attenuatus
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Harpalus atratus ♂
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Harpalus winkleri
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Harpalus latus ♂
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Harpalus luteicornis ♂
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Harpalus laevipes
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Harpalus marginellus ♂
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Harpalus rubripes ♂
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Harpalus honestus ♂
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Harpalus rufipalpis
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Harpalus fuscicornis
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Harpalus autumnalis
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Harpalus melancholicus
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Harpalus picipennis
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Harpalus pumilus
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Harpalus politus
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Harpalus tardus
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Harpalus anxius
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Harpalus subcylindricus ♂
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Harpalus serripes
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Ophonus ardosiacus
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Ophonus azureus
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Ophonus rufibarbis
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Ophonus schaubergerianus ♂
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Ophonus cordatus
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Ophonus nitidulus
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Ophonus melleti
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Ophonus puncticeps
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Pseudoophonus rufipes
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Pseudoophonus griseus
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Pseudoophonus calceatus
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Stenolophus teutonus
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Stenolophus skrimshiranus
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Stenolophus mixtus
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Dicheirotrichus obsoletus
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Trichocellus placidus
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Bradycellus verbasci
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Bradycellus harpalinus
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Acupalpus elegans
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Acupalpus flavicollis
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Acupalpus brunnipes
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Acupalpus meridianus
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Acupalpus parvulus
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Acupalpus maculatus
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Acupalpus dubius ♂
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Acupalpus exiguus
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Anthracus consputus
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Stomis pumicatus ♂
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Poecilus lepidus ♂
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Poecilus cupreus
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Poecilus versicolor
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Pterostichus longicollis
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Pterostichus subsinuatus
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Pterostichus pumilio
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Pterostichus strenuus
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Pterostichus diligens
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Pterostichus ovoideus
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Pterostichus vernalis
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Pterostichus nigrita ♂
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Pterostichus rhaeticus
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Pterostichus anthracinus ♂
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Pterostichus minor
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Pterostichus macer
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Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
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Pterostichus quadrifoveolatus
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Pterostichus niger ♂
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Pterostichus melanarius
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Pterostichus madidus
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Pterostichus aethiops ♀
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Pterostichus burmeisteri
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Pterostichus kokeilii
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Pterostichus fasciatopunctatus
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Pterostichus panzeri
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Molops elatus
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Molops piceus
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Abax parallelepipedus
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Abax parallelus ♂
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Abax ovalis
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Abax carinatus
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Synuchus vivalis
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Calathus fuscipes ♂
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Calathus erratus
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Calathus ambiguus ♂
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Calathus micropterus
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Calathus melanocephalus
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Calathus cinctus
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Calathus rotundicollis
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Olisthopus rotundatus
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Agonum sexpunctatum ♂
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Agonum viridicupreum
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Agonum marginatum
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Agonum muelleri
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Agonum viduum
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Agonum emarginatum
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Agonum duftschmidi ♂
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Agonum lugens ♂
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Agonum micans ♀
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Agonum scitulum
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Agonum piceum
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Agonum gracile
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Agonum fuliginosum
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Agonum thoreyi
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Anchomenus dorsalis
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Platynus scrobiculatus
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Platynus livens ♂
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Limodromus longiventris ♂
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Limodromus assimilis
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Paranchus albipes
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Oxypselaphus obscurus
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Zabrus tenebrioides
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Amara plebeja
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Amara tricuspidata ♂
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Amara kulti
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Amara fulvipes
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Amara similata
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Amara ovata
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Amara convexior
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Amara communis
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Amara curta
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Amara lunicollis
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Amara aenea
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Amara eurynota
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Amara spreta ♂
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Amara familiaris
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Amara anthobia
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Amara lucida
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Amara tibialis
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Amara erratica
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Amara quenseli
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Amara fusca
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Amara bifrons
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Amara sabulosa
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Amara fulva
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Amara consularis
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Amara apricaria
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Amara aulica ♂
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Amara convexiuscula
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Chlaenius tristis
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Chlaenius nigricornis
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Chlaenius nitidulus ♂
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Chlaenius vestitus
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Callistus lunatus ♂
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Oodes helopioides
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Oodes gracilis
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Licinus depressus
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Badister unipustulatus
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Badister bullatus
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Badister lacertosus
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Badister sodalis
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Badister peltatus
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Badister collaris ♀
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Panagaeus cruxmajor
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Panagaeus bipustulatus
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Odacantha melanura
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Masoreus wetterhalii
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Lebia chlorocephala
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Lebia cruxminor
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Lebia marginata
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Demetrias atricapillus
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Demetrias monostigma
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Demetrias imperialis
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Cymindis humeralis
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Cymindis axillaris
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Dromius longiceps
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Dromius linearis
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Dromius agilis
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Dromius angustus
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Dromius fenestratus
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Dromius quadrimaculatus
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Calodromius spilotus
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Calodromius bifasciatus ♂
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Philorhizus sigma
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Philorhizus notatus
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Philorhizus melanocephalus
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Syntomus foveatus
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Syntomus pallipes
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Syntomus truncatellus
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Lionychus quadrillum
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Microlestes minutulus
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Microlestes maurus
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Polystichus connexus
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Drypta dentata
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Brachinus crepitans
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Brachinus explodens
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