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Carabidae
Family CARABIDAE ground beetles
Y. Bousquet
With 9,t6 species and subspecies in Canada and
Alaska, thr,: family Carabidae is an important element
of thr: Coleoptera fauna in the northern part
of North A:nerica. In Canada and Alaska members
of these species occur in most terrestrial habitats as
well as in .marshes and bogs; a few species live on
trees. Adults of most species are carnivorous or
omnivorous,; only those of a few groups seem to be
primarily phytophagous; larvae of most species are
probably ca.rnivorous, but those of a few groups are
known to be phytophagous or parasitic.
The Carabidae of North America are here
grouped in 36 tribes. The classification used is basically
that of Lindroth (1961-1969), with a few modifications
re,flecting recent taxonomic developments
in the family. In recent years, some authc,rs haYe
included the rhysodids within Carabidae, but based
on larval characters I prefer to exclude thenL; on the
other hand, some others consider the cicinclelids to
be a distinct family, a view with which I do not
agree. Thanks to the work of Wallis (1961) lor tiger
beetles and Lindroth (1961-1969), the carabid fauna
of Canada and Alaska is well known taxonomically.
Bell (1990) recently published a key to the North
American genera.
AK(237); YK (164); NT (207); BC (a83); AB (386);
SK (314); MB (350); ON (503); PQ (451); NB (2a3);
NS (24a); PE (137); LB (.94); NF (175)
' II (84); I
(46)
Tribe Cicindelini
Genus OMUS Eschscholtz
Leptontut Casey
Megomus Casey
O. audouini audouini Reiche
aequicorr,.is Casey
audens Casey
borealis ()asey
delicatuhn Casey
distans Casey
oregonentiis Casey
paruulus Casey
rugipenn,.s Casey
tacomae ()asey
thoracicus Casey
uandykei W. Horn
O. dejeani Rei:he
foueatus l)asey
robustus Casey
BC
BC
Genus CICIN.)ELA Linn6
(Subgenus CICINDELA s. str.)
(Pachydetn Rivalier)
(Tribonia Rivalier)
C. ancocisconr nsis Harris
carolinae Casey
dowiana Casey
eriensis (iasey
C. decemnotata Say
albertina Casey
lantzi lJ.a.rcts
C. depressula depressula Casey AK
scapularis Casey
C. duodecimgrrttata Dejean
bucolica tlasey
edmontor'.ensis Can:r
hudsonic,z Casey
proteus Birby
C. formosa folmosa Say
fletcheri Criddle
luxuriosa Casey
manitoba Lelrg
YK BC SK
BC
BC AB SK
AB
SK
PQ
MB ON PQ NB NS
PE LB
NF