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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Carabidae Sub Family   Description   ground beetles Background to Family   A family of predominantly predatory beetles that contains a significant minority of omnivorous and herbivorous species. Many in the tribe Amarini have carnivorous larvae but seed-feeding adults; while those in the Harpalini are believed to have seed-feeding larvae and partially or mainly phytophagous adults.     © Roger Key No. taxa in DBIF   26 No. interactions   46 % interactions with British data   56% No. records   53 % taxa with British data   58% Notes   Comments summarised from Mark Telfer (2007): Interactions for phytophagous ground beetles are believed to be grossly under-recorded. Seed-feeding relationships may prove to be much more widespread in the tribes Amarini and Harpalini. There is some bias towards species that have an economic impact (e.g. 30% of records relate to Zabrus tenebrioides; and the strawberry-seed beetle, Harpalus rufipes, in fact has a much broader diet). ; Some interactions report close plant associations for non-phytophagous species.; Notes on Sources   (17%) Luff, M.L. (1998). Provisional atlas of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Britain.; (17%) Melber, A.(1983) Zool. Jb. (Syst.) 110 87-95:90; (13%) Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :285 Most recent source   1998 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :285 Source   Bassett, P.(1978) Pl. Path. 27:1 1-51:48 Source   Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :253 Source   Melber, A.(1983) Zool. Jb. (Syst.) 110 87-95:90 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :3 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :114 Source   Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :266 Source   Hodge, P.J.(1977) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 113 153-153:153 Source   Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :272 Source   Allen, A.A.(1978) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 114 152-152:152 Source   Aubrook, E.W.(1949) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 85 44-44:44 Source   Lindroth, C.H.(1974) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects IV:2 1-148:92 Source   Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :269 Source   Lindroth, C.H.(1974) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects IV:2 1-148:98 Source   Lindroth, C.H.(1974) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects IV:2 1-148:97 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :7 Source   Thiele, H.U. (1977) Carabid beetles in their environments :120 Source   Horian, A. (1941) Faunistik der Deutschen kafer Adephaga-Caraboidea I :206 Source   Luff, M.L. (1998). Provisional atlas of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Britain. Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:96