Ground beetle

Bembidion nigropiceum

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Ground beetle

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