The Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini) is a precinctive New World taxon with ranges extended from portions of temperate southeastern Canada and the U.S.A. through the montane regions of Mexico, south to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The group is distinguishable from all other members of the subgenus Pinacodera by males possessing a distinctive sclerite (e...

in survey on the abundance and species diversity of arthropods associated with organic and conventional wheat fields which carried out in 2010 and 2011 in mashhad region, a total of 13 species belonging to carabidae family were collected and identified. among the identified species, calosoma auropunctatum dsungaricum gebler (carabinae) and the subspecies poecilus cupreus erythropus dejean (pter...

Three new Brachinus species namely B. grootaerti n. sp. (Palawan Island), B. palawanensis n. sp. (Palawan Island), B. mindanaoensis n. sp. (Mindanao Island) from Philippines were described. In addition, a modified key to the known Brachinus Philippine species is provided.

Insects use various types of behaviour, chemical defences, mimetic, aposematic or cryptic appearances as anti-predatory strategies. Among insects, carabid beetles of the genus Brachinus are distasteful prey because they discharge an irritating "cloud" of quinones when threatened. These beetles live in aggregations and adopt warning (conspicuous pattern) colours and chemicals to create a templat...

The catalogue of the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Republic of Macedonia is the result of our permanent investigation during 15 years. It is based on the critical review of the data in 255 scientific publications and the revision of the collections deposited in the museums in Macedonia (Skopje and Struga), other European countries (Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Sofia) and the first ...

Cymindis (Iscariotes) kalabi sp. n. is described from the Halastandarya River basin, Kunlun Mt. Range, Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region of China. New species similar to C. semenowi V.E. Jakovlev, 1889, jakowewi Semenov, 1889 and hyaloptera 1891 but differing all these taxa in shape head pronotum, structure male genitalia.