Carabidae Latreille, 1802

Tiger Beetles & Ground Beetles
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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km/h (5.6 mph), which, relative to its body length, is about 22 times the speed of former Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson, the equivalent of a human running at 480 miles per hour (770 km/h). As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics. Wiki
Subfamily: Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802
​Tribe: Cicindelini ​Latreille, 1802
Genera: Cicindela, Lophyra, Lophyridia, Prothyma, ​Therates
Cicindela aurulenta juxtata.jpg
Cicindela aurulenta juxtata
Calochroa cariana from Thailand.jpg
Cicindela cariana
Cicindela duponti barmanica.jpg
Cicindela duponti barmanica
Cicindela flavomaculata.jpg
Cicindela flavomaculata
Cicindela mouhoti elegantula.jpg
Cicindela mouhoti elegantula
Lophyra lineifrons.jpg
Lophyra lineifrons
Lophyridia funrea assimilis.jpg
Lophyridia funerea assimilis
Prothyma cassolai.jpg
Prothyma cassolai
Therates pseudoprobsti.jpg
Therates pseudoprobsti
​Tribe: Collyridini ​Brulle, 1834
Genera: Collyris, Neocollyris
Collyris gigas.jpg
Collyris gigas
Neocollyris bonellii bonellii.jpg
Neocollyris bonellii bonellii
Neocollyris tricolor.jpg
Neocollyris tricolor
Neocollyris variitarsis.jpg
Neocollyris variitarsis
Subfamily: Panagaeinae Bonelli, 1810
Genera: Craspedophorus
Craspedophorus angulatus.jpg
Craspedophorus angulatus
Craspedophorus mouhotii.jpg
Craspedophorus mouhotii
Subfamily: Paussinae ​Latreille, 1807
Genera: Platyrhopalopsis
Platyrhopalopsis picteti.jpg
Platyrhopalopsis picteti
Subfamily: Scaritinae Bonelli, 1810
Genera: Scarites
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Scarites sp. 001
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Scarites sp. 002