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Checklist for Supertribe Pterostichitae Bonelli, 1810
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
119
3716
17432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
468
2914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
424
2731
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
424
2731
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHarpalinae
Bonelli, 1810
264
1472
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribePterostichitae
Bonelli, 1810
26
226
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
26 Genera with 226 Species
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Abacetus Dejean, 190153SpeciesTaxom
Amara Bonelli, 1926Seed-Eating Ground Beetles69SpeciesTaxom
Brachidius Chaudoir, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Caelostomus W.S. Macleay, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Castelnaudia Tschitschérine, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Chlaeminus Motschulsky, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Cosmodiscus Sloane, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Cyclotrachelus Chaudoir, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Diceromerus Chaudoir, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Eucamptognathus Chaudoir, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Euryaptus Bates, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Fouquetius Maindron, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Holconotus Schmidt-Goebel, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Lesticus Dejean, 201319SpeciesTaxom
Metabacetus Bates, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Morion Latreille, 18253SpeciesTaxom
Nirmala Andrewes, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Notonomus Chaudoir, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Poecilus Bonelli, 17853SpeciesTaxom
Pterostichus Bonelli, 1878Woodland Ground Beetle36SpeciesTaxom
Steropanus Fairmaire, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Stomis Clairville, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Stomonaxellus Tschitschérine, 19384SpeciesTaxom
Trigonotoma Dejean, 200813SpeciesTaxom
Tropidocerus Chaudoir, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Zabrus Clairville, 18441SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
226 Species and 9 Subspecies
Abacetus (Abacetillus) promptus Dejean, 1828
Abacetus (Bisulcillus) idiomerus Tschitschérine, 1900
Abacetus (Caricus) alacer Péringuey, 1896
Abacetus (Caricus) carinifer Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Caricus) politus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Distrigodes) bipunctatus Motschulsky, 1864
Abacetus (Distrigodes) hirmocoeloides Straneo, 1949
Abacetus (Distrigus) atratus Dejean, 1828
Abacetus (Distrigus) birmanus Bates, 1890
Abacetus (Distrigus) cordicollis Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Distrigus) impressicollis Dejean, 1828
Abacetus (Distrigus) insolatus Bates, 1892
Abacetus (Distrigus) iricolor Andrewes, 1936
Abacetus (Distrigus) marginicollis Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Distrigus) reflexus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Distrigus) silvanus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Novastygis) dorsalis Motschulsky, 1866
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) abor Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) amplicollis Bates, 1890
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) antiquus Dejean, 1828
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) artus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) belli Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) bidentatus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) bisignatus Bates, 1890
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) blandus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) borealis Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) candidus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) cycloderus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) dejeani Nietner, 1858
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) dekkanus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) disjunctus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) eous Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) femoralis Motschulsky, 1864
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) guttiger Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) guttula Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) haplosternus Chaudoir, 1878
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) hirmocoelus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) impunctus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) lucifugus Andrewes, 1924
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) luteipes Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) niger Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) optatus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) pallipes Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) picipes Motschulsky, 1866
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) quadriguttatus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) quadrinotatus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) rubidicollis Wiedemann, 1823
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) rufopiceus Nietner, 1858
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) rufotestaceus Chaudoir, 1869
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) semotus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) submetallicus Nietner, 1858
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) vitreus Andrewes, 1942
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) zarudnyi Tschitschérine, 1901
Amara (Amara) aenea De Geer, 1774Common sun beetle
Amara (Amara) andrewesi Baliani, 1932
Amara (Amara) bamidunyae Bates, 1878
Amara (Amara) convexior Stephens, 1828
Amara (Amara) darjelingensis Putzeys, 1877
Amara (Amara) elborzensis Hejkal, 2000
Amara (Amara) familiaris Duftschmid, 1812Bareyed goby
Amara (Amara) nila Andrewes, 1924
Amara (Amara) obscuripes Bates, 1873
Amara (Amara) ovata (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Amara tricuspidata Dejean, 1831
Amara (Amara) robusta Baliani, 1932
Amara (Amara) similata Gyllenhal, 1810
Amara (Bradytulus) arrowi Bahane, 1934
Amara (Bradytulus) bradyta Hieke, 1988
Amara (Bradytulus) celioides Baliani, 1934
Amara (Bradytulus) curtonotoides Hieke, 2000
Amara (Bradytulus) dentabasis Hieke, 1988
Amara (Bradytulus) dentibasis Hieke, 1988
Amara (Bradytulus) hingstoni Baliani, 1934
Amara (Bradytulus) histrio Andrewes, 1930
Amara (Bradytulus) micans (Tschitschérine, 1894)⇒ Amara splendens Andrewes, 1926
Amara (Bradytulus) schawalleri Hieke, 1990
Amara (Bradytus) apricaria Paykull, 1790Exposed sun beetle
Amara (Bradytus) batesi Csiki, 1929
Amara (Bradytus) elegantula Tschitschérine, 1899
Amara (Celia) bifrons Gyllenhal, 1810Two-faced harp ground beetle
Amara (Celia) brunnea Gyllenhal, 1810
Amara (Celia) musculis Say, 1823
Amara (Celia) rupicola C. Zimmermann, 1832
Amara (Cumeres) brucei Andrewes, 1923
Amara (Cumeres) lamia Andrewes, 1924
Amara (Cumeres) pinguis Andrewes, 1930
Amara (Cumeres) walterheinzi Hieke, 1988
Amara (Curtonotus) alpina Paykull, 1790
Amara (Curtonotus) aulica Panzer, 1796Princely harp ground beetle
Amara (Curtonotus) macronota Solsky, 1875
Amara (Harpaloamara) latithorax Baliani, 1934
Amara (Harpalodema) isfahanensis Hieke, 1993
Amara (Harpalodema) maindroni Bedel, 1907
Amara (Iranoleirides) astrabadensis Lutshnik, 1935
Amara (Paracelia) aimonissabaudiae Baliani, 1932
Amara (Paracelia) diabolica Hieke, 1988
Amara (Paracelia) obtusangula Baliani, 1934
Amara (Paracelia) quenseli Schoenher, 1806Bearded goby
Amara (Paracelia) saxicola C. Zimmermann, 1832
Amara saxicola indica Putzeys, 1866
Amara (Pseudoamara) birmana Baliani, 1934
Amara (Pseudoleirides) bucharica Tschitschérine, 1898
Amara (Pseudoleirides) cadoudali Morvan, 1977
Amara (Pseudoleirides) chodjaii Morvan, 1975
Amara (Pseudoleirides) escalerai Hejkal, 2008
Amara (Pseudoleirides) hamadanensis Hejkal, 2008
Amara (Pseudoleirides) iranica Kryzhanovskij, 1968
Amara (Pseudoleirides) kermanensis Hejkal, 2008
Amara (Pseudoleirides) khorramabadensis Hejkal, 2008
Amara (Pseudoleirides) shirazica Hejkal, 2008
Amara (Pseudoleirides) szekessyi Jedlička, 1953
Amara szekessyi loeffleri Jedlička, 1963
Amara szekessyi szekessyi Jedlička, 1953
Amara (Pseudoleirides) yasujensis Hejkal, 2008
Amara (Pseudoleiromorpha) cameroni Baliani, 1934
Amara (Pseudoleiromorpha) gangotriensis Hieke, 1988
Amara (Pseudoleiromorpha) incrassata Baliani, 1934
Amara (Pseudoleiromorpha) parkeri Baliani, 1934
Amara (Pseudoleiromorpha) tragbaliensis Hieke, 1990
Amara (Pseudoleiromorpha) wrasei Hieke, 1988
Amara (Xenocelia) abbreviata (Chaudoir, 1842)⇒ Amara bifrons Gyllenhal, 1810
Amara (Xenocelia) sikkimensis Andrewes, 1930
Amara splendens Andrewes, 1926
Brachidius crassicornis Chaudoir, 1852
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) andamanensis Straneo, 1938
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) inermis Bates, 1892
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) obscuripes Straneo, 1938
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) peninsularis Straneo, 1938
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) picipes W.S.Macleay, 1825
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) sculptipennis Motschulsky, 1859
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) sulcatissimus Straneo, 1938
Caelostomus (Rubicaelus) ruber Andrewes, 1922
Chlaeminus (Chlaeminus) biguttatus Motschulsky, 1865
Chlaeminus (Chlaeminus) biplagiatus Chaudoir, 1869
Chlaeminus (Chlaeminus) cruciatus Chaudoir, 1869
Cosmodiscus picturatus Andrewes, 1920
Cosmodiscus platynotus Bates, 1873
Diceromerus orientalis Motschulsky, 1859
Eucamptognathus (Oodimorphus) psilonyx Alluaud, 1926
Euryaptus assamensis Bates, 1892
Euryaptus basirugatus Debault, Las..., 2008
Euryaptus kirschenhoferi Straneo, 1983
Euryaptus nigellus Bates, 1892
Euryaptus rufipes Bates, 1892
Holconotus ferrugineus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Lesticus (Celistus) andamanensis Chaudoir, 1878
Lesticus (Lesticus) cavicollis Straneo, 1985
Lesticus (Lesticus) cupricollis Pouillaude, 1914
Lesticus (Lesticus) harmandi Tschitschérine, 1900
Lesticus (Lesticus) tricostatus Chaudoir, 1868
Lesticus (Triplogenius) assamicus Kuntzen, 1911
Lesticus (Triplogenius) desgodinsi Tschitschérine, 1894
Lesticus (Triplogenius) ganglbaueri Tschitschérine, 1898
Lesticus (Triplogenius) indus Tschitschérine, 1900
Lesticus (Triplogenius) planicollis Dejean, 1828
Lesticus (Triplogenius) politocollis Motschulsky, 1865
Lesticus (Triplogenius) rectangulus (Chaudoir, 1868)⇒ Lesticus lantschanus Straneo, 1987
Lesticus (Triplogenius) serraticollis Chaudoir, 1868
Lesticus (Triplogenius) waterhousei Chaudoir, 1862
Lesticus freyi Straneo, 1956
Lesticus gardineri Dubault & La..., 2012
Lesticus mendax Dubault & La..., 2008
Lesticus nicobarensis Dubault & La..., 2013
Lesticus tenebrosicus Dubault & La..., 2013
Metabacetus arrowi Straneo, 1938
Metabacetus immarginatus H.W.Bates, 1892
Metabacetus immarginatus crassulus Straneo, 1948
Metabacetus immarginatus immarginatus Bates, 1892
Morion cucujoides Walker, 1858
Morion luzonicus Chaudoir, 1852
Morion orientalis Dejean, 1825
Nirmala indica Hope, 1831
Nirmala odelli Andrewes, 1930
Nirmala odelli odelli Andrewes, 1930
Notonomus (Leiradira) flos Darlington, 1961
Poecilus (Ancholeus) campania Andrewes, 1937
Poecilus (Ancholeus) iranicus Morvan, 1974
Poecilus (Macropoecilus) lepidus Leske, 1785
Pterostichus (Argutor) bhadravati Jedlička, 1965
Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823Upland Blackclock
Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) aeneocupreus Fairmaire, 1887
Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) oblongopunctatus Fabricius, 1787
Pterostichus (Ethira) cometes Andrewes, 1936
Pterostichus (Ethira) depilatus Bates, 1889
Pterostichus (Ethira) heinzianus Sciaky, 1996
Pterostichus (Ethira) pilifer Bates, 1878
Pterostichus (Ethira) pseudopilifer Straneo, 1957
Pterostichus (Ethira) rugiceps Straneo, 1984
Pterostichus (Ethira) seticeps Straneo, 1984
Pterostichus (Phonias) strenuus (Panzer, 1796)⇒ Pterostichus diligens Sturm, 1824
Pterostichus (Platysma) niger (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Pterostichus selmanni selmanni Duftschmid, 1812
Pterostichus (Pseudethira) kangchenjunga Schmidt, 2012
Pterostichus (Pseudethira) leica Schmidt, 2012
Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) minor Gyllenhal, 1827
Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) rhaeticus Heer, 1837
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) atrox Andrewes, 1937
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) championi Andrewes, 1926
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) dolens Tschitschérine, 1900
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) exochus Andrewes, 1930
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) harmandi Tschitschérine, 1900
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) jelepus Andrewes, 1932
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) kangchenjunga Schmidt, 2012
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) leviculus Andrewes, 1933
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) nowitzkii Tschitschérine, 1899
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) sintanus Andrewes, 1927
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) styx Andrewes, 1937
Pterostichus (Unitrichus) wrasei Sciaky & Fac..., 2003
Pterostichus aristochroides Deuve, 2006
Pterostichus coimbatoris
Pterostichus deliciatus Andrewes, 1937
Pterostichus georgi Straneo, 1963
Pterostichus infissus Andrewes, 1937
Pterostichus lidarus Andrewes, 1937
Pterostichus piliferus Bates, 1878
Steropanus deliciatus Andrewes, 1937
Steropanus infissus Andrewes, 1937
Stomis (Stomis) hyrcanus Tschitschérine, 1904
Stomonaxellus filicornis Tschitschérine, 1901
Stomonaxellus filicornis brunneus Straneo, 1938
Stomonaxellus filicornis filicornis Tschitschérine, 1901
Stomonaxellus filicornis simillimus Straneo, 1938
Trigonotoma baehri Kirschenhofer, 1997
Trigonotoma bhamoensis Bates, 1889
Trigonotoma cylindriceps Straneo, 1985
Trigonotoma diglipurensis Kirschenhofer, 2011
Trigonotoma imitatrix Dubault & La..., 2008
Trigonotoma indica Brullé, 1834
Trigonotoma iodes Bates, 1892
Trigonotoma ioides Bates, 1892
Trigonotoma morvani Deuve & Lass..., 1983
Trigonotoma oberthueri Tschitschérine, 1894
Trigonotoma shillongensis Kirschenhofer, 2007
Trigonotoma similis Chaudoir, 1868
Trigonotoma tenebrosa Dubault & La..., 2008
Tropidocerus indicus Chaudoir, 1878
Zabrus (Pelor) ovipennis Chaudoir, 1844

Subnodes of Pterostichitae with occurrences in India
TribeMorionini
Brullé, 1835
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePterostichini
Bonelli, 1810
Woodland Ground Beetles
22
156
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeZabrini
Bonelli, 1810
Seed-Eating Ground Beetles
2
67
Genera
Species

Taxom