Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Azarbaijan, Iran

Authors

AHMAD ATAMEHR

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1206-32

Abstract

The Carabidae family (Coleoptera) is among the dominant groups of terrestrial predators and includes more than 40,000 species worldwide, making it one of the largest families of beetles. The fauna of Carabidae in Azarbaijan, Iran, is very diverse and has not been studied thoroughly. In the following paper, this group of beneficial predators is studied, using samples taken through 2007-2010 across Azarbaijan. Species belonging to 12 subfamilies were collected from 24 different localities. Among this diverse fauna, 3 species, Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758), Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) calceatus (Duftschmid, 1812), and Amara (Xenocelia) ingenua Duftschmid, 1812 are new records for Iranian fauna.

Keywords

Carabidae, ground beetle, new record, Azarbaijan, Iran

First Page

188

Last Page

194

Recommended Citation

ATAMEHR, AHMAD (2013) "Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Azarbaijan, Iran," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 37: No. 2, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1206-32
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol37/iss2/9