Carabidae
CHECKLIST OF THE ALBERTA CARABIDAE
D. Shpeley, updated January, 2005
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D. Shpeley, updated January, 2005
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TRIBE CICINDELINI
Cicindela Linnaeus
decemnotata Say
duodecimguttata Dejean
formosa formosa Say
formosa gibsoni Brown
fulgida fulgida Say
hirticollis athabascensis Graves
hirticollis shelfordi Graves
lengi versuta Casey
limbalis Klug
limbata hyperborea LeConte
limbata nympha Casey
longilabris laurentii Schaupp
longilabris longilabris Say
nebraskana Casey
oregona guttifera LeConte
oregona oregona LeConte
purpurea audubonii LeConte
repanda repanda Dejean
scutellaris lecontei Haldeman
scutellaris scutellaris Say
tranquebarica kirbyi LeConte
tranquebarica tranquebarica Herbst
punctulata punctulata Olivier
cinctipennis cinctipennis LeConte
cinctipennis imperfecta LeConte
lepida Dejean
nevadica knausii Leng
TRIBE TRACHYPACHINI
Trachypachus Motschulsky
holmbergi Mannerheim
TRIBE GEHRINGIINI
Gehringia Darlington
olympica Darlington
TRIBE OMOPHRONINI
Omophron Latreille
robustum Horn
tesselatum Say
americanum Dejean
ovale Horn
TRIBE CARABINI
Carabus Linnaeus
chamissonis Fischer von Waldheim
maeander Fischer von Waldheim
granulatus Linnaeus (1)
nemoralis Muller
taedatus agassii LeConte
serratus Say
Calosoma Weber
frigidum Kirby
obsoletum Say
calidum Fabricius
lepidum LeConte
moniliatum LeConte
luxatum Say
TRIBE CYCHRINI
Scaphinotus Latreille
marginatus Fischer von Waldheim
relictus Horn
TRIBE NEBRIINI
Leistus Frolich
ferruginosus Mannerheim
Pelophila LeConte
borealis Paykull
rudis LeConte
Nebria Latreille
sahlbergi sahlbergi Fischer von Waldheim
arkansana edwardsi Kavanaugh
obliqua obliqua LeConte (=
obtusa LeConte)
suturalis LeConte
gyllenhali castanipes Kirby
crassicornis intermedia Van Dyke
hudsonica LeConte
gebleri gebleri Dejean
metallica Fischer von Waldheim
schwarzi schwarzi Van Dyke
TRIBE OPISTHIINI
Opisthius Kirby
richarsoni Kirby
TRIBE NOTIOPHILINI
Notiophilus Dumeril
semistriatus Say
aquaticus Linneaus
borealis Harris
simulator Fall
intermedius Lindroth (2)
directus Casey
TRIBE ELAPHRINI
Blethisa Bonelli
quadricollis Haldeman
multipunctata auarata Fischer von Waldheim
julii LeConte
Elaphrus Fabricius
lapponicus lapponicus Gyllenhal
clairvillei Kirby
olivaceus LeConte
fulinginosus Say
lecontei Crotch
americanus americanus Dejean
americanus sylvanus Goulet
californicus Mannerheim
purpurans Hausen (=
pallipes Horn)
TRIBE LORICERINI
Loricera Latreille
pilicornis pilicornis Fabricius
decempunctata Eschscholtz
TRIBE SCARITINI
Pasimachus Bonelli
elongatus LeConte
Dyschirius Bonelli
interior Fall
tenuispinus Lindroth
laevifasciatus Horn
montanus LeConte
pallipennis Say
campicola Lindroth
aratus LeConte
sphaericollis Say\
politus Dejean
perversus Fall
truncatus LeConte
quadrimaculatus Lindroth
integer LeConte
aeneolus LeConte
compactus Lindroth
hiemalis Bousquet
timidus Lindroth
globulosus Say
planatus Lindroth
longulus LeConte
setosus LeConte
Clivina Latreille
fossor Linnaeus
TRIBE BROSCINI
Miscodera Eschscholtz
arctica Paykull
TRIBE NOMIINI
Nomius Laporte
pygmaeus Dejean
Psydrus LeConte
piceus LeConte
TRIBE TRECHINI
Trechus Clairville
chalybeus Dejean
tenuiscapus Lindroth
oregonensis Hatch
apicalis Motchulsky
TRIBE BEMBIDIINI
Asaphidion Des Gozis
yukonense Wickham
Bembidion Latreille
levettei Casey
inaequale opaciceps Casey
punctatostriatum Say
carinula Chaudoir
lapponicum Zetterstedt
balli Lindroth
coxendix Say
confusum Hayward
chalceum Dejean
bifossulatum LeConte
nitidum Kirby
interventor Lindroth
levigatum Say
dyschirinum LeConte
erasum LeConte
lachnophoroides Darlington
iridescens LeConte
kuprianovi Mannerheim
breve Motschulsky (=
incertum Motschulsky)
quadrifoveolatum Mannerheim
rosslandicum Lindroth
manningense Lindroth
occulator Notman
complanulum Mannerheim
planatum LeConte
rufinum Lindroth
planiusculum Mannerheim
gratiosum Casey
gebleri turbatum Casey
rusticum lenensoides Lindroth
sulcipenne prasinoides Lindroth (=
lenense prasinoides Lindroth)
curtulatum Casey (=
flebile Casey)
salebratum LeConte
quadrulum LeConte
concolor Kirby
recticolle LeConte
mckinleyi carneum Lindroth
nebraskense LeConte
commotum Casey
actuosum Casey (=
debilicolle Casey)
grapii Gyllenhal
bimaculatum Kirby
sordidum Kirby
petrosum petrosum Gebler
rupicola Kirby
obscurellum Motschulsky
sejunctum sejunctum Casey
transversale Dejean
scopulinum Kirby
salinarium Casey
constricticolle Hayward
nudipenne Lindroth
incrematum LeConte
scudderi LeConte
consimile Hayward
florhi Bates (=
henshawi Hayward)
obtusidens Fall
obtusangulum LeConte
dejectum Casey
coloradense Hayward
dorsale Say
umbratum LeConte
insulatum LeConte
rapidum LeConte
aeneicolle LeConte
intermedium Kirby
castor Lindroth
semipunctatum Donovan
graphicum Casey
nigripes Kirby
patruele Dejean
viridicolle La Ferte
oberthueri Hayward
versicolor LeConte
timidum LeConte
diligens Casey
quadrimaculatum dubitans LeConte
quadrimaculatum oppositum Say
praecinctum LeConte
mutatum Gemminger & Harold
morulum LeConte
convexulum Hayward
roosvelti Pic
transparens Gebler
concretum Casey
fortestriatum Motschulsky
pseudocautum Lindroth
canadianum Casey
acutifrons LeConte
Elaphropus Motschulsky
anceps LeConte
dolosus LeConte
Tachys Stephens
bryanti Lindroth
halophilus Lindroth
Tachyta Kirby
nana kirbyi Casey
angulata Casey
Mioptachys Bates
flavicauda Say (3)
TRIBE PATROBINI
Platypatrobus Darlington
lacustris Darlington
Patrobus Dejean
longicornis Say
lecontei Chaudoir
fossifrons Eschscholtz
stygicus Chaudoir
septentrionis Dejean
foveocollis Eschscholtz
Diplous Motschulsky
aterrimus Dejean
Platidiolus Chaudoir
vandykei Kurnakow
TRIBE PTEROSTICHINI
Poecilus Bonelli
scitulus LeConte
lucublandus lucublandus Say
corvus LeConte
Pterostichus Bonelli
protractus LeConte
ecarinatus Hatch
sphodrinus LeConte
adstrictus Eschscholtz
pensylvanicus LeConte
melanarius Illiger
corvinus Dejean
caudicalis Say
luctuosus Dejean
tenuis Casey
femoralis Kirby
patruelis Dejean
surgens LeConte
barryorum Ball (4)
chipewyan Ball
riparius Dejean
brevicornis Kirby/
empetricola Dejean (5)
empetricola Dejean (9)
mandibularoides Ball (5)
punctatissimus Randall
Stereocerus Kirby
haematopus Dejean
TRIBE AGONINI
Calathus Bonelli
ingratus Dejean
advena LeConte
Synuchus Gyllenhal
impunctatus Say
Sericoda Kirby
obsoleta Say
bogemannii Gyllenhal
quadripunctata De Geer
bembidiodes Kirby
Agonum Bonelli
simile Kirby
consimile Gyllenhal
picicornoides Lindroth
sordens Kirby
retractum LeConte
gratiosum Mannerheim
superioris Lindroth
thoreyi Dejean
lutulentum LeConte
nigriceps LeConte
bicolor Dejean
piceolum LeConte
ferruginosum Dejean
anchomenoides Randall
cupripenne Say
subsericeum LeConte
quinquepunctatum Motschulsky
cupreum Dejean
melanarium Dejean
mutatum Gemminger & Harold (6)
corvus LeConte
affine Kirby
metallescens LeConte
harrisii LeConte
propinquum Gemminger & Harold
placidum Say
errans Say
quadrimaculatum Horn (7)
Anchomenus Bonelli
aeneolus LeConte
Oxypselaphus Chaudoir
pusillus LeConte
Platynus Bonelli
mannerheimi Dejean
decentis Say
Rhadine LeConte
lindrothi Barr
TRIBE AMARINI
Amara Bonelli
thoracica Hayward
carinata LeConte
lacustris LeConte
torrida Panzer
alpina Paykull
hyperborea Dejean
latior Kirby
apricaria Paykull
schwarzi Hayward
avida Say
obesa Say
quenseli Schonherr
discors Kirby
merula Casey
sinuosa Casey
idahoana Casey
pseudobrunnea Lindroth
musculis Say
farcta LeConte
patruelis Dejean
erratica Duftschmid (9)
laevipennis Kirby
ellipsis Casey
lunicollis Schiodte
aeniopolitus Casey
coelebs Hayward
confusa LeConte
littoralis Mannerheim
familiaris Duftschmid
cupreolata Putzeys
convexa LeConte
ovata Fabricius
pallipes Kirby
scitula Zimmerman
TRIBE HARPALINI
Cratacanthus Dejean
dubius Beauvois
Piosoma LeConte
setosum LeConte
Euryderus LeConte
grossus Say
Harpalus Latreille
paratus Casey
eraticus Say
affinis Schrank
amputatus Say
fraternus LeConte
lewisi LeConte
laticeps LeConte
animosus Casey
laevipes Zetterstedt (=
quadripunctatus Dejean,
=
egregius Casey)
reversus Casey (=
funerarius Csiki)
ventralis LeConte
fulvilabris Mannerheim
somnulentus Dejean (=
carbonatus LeConte,
=
uteanus Casey,
=
pleuriticus Kirby,
=
fallax LeConte)
herbivagus Say
megacephalus LeConte
nigritarsus Sahlberg (=
seclusus Casey)
solitaris Dejean (=
fuliginosus Duftschmid)
innocuus LeConte
cautus Dejean
obnixus Casey
opacipennis Haldeman
ellipsis LeConte
ochropus Kirby
desertus LeConte
leiroides Motschulsky
fuscipalpis Sturm (=
basilaris Kirby)
rewolinskii Noonan
Selenophorus Dejean
planipennis LeConte
Geopinus LeConte
incrassatus Dejean
Anisodactylus Dejean
sanctaecrucis Fabricius
pitychrous LeConte
harrisii LeConte
nigrita Dejean
Trichocellus Ganglbauer
cognatus Gyllenhal
mannerheimi Sahlberg
Bradycellus Erichson
lecontei Csiki
nubifer LeConte
congener LeConte
nigerrimus Lindroth
neglectus LeConte
nigrinus Dejean
semipubescens Lindroth
georgei Lindroth
lugubris LeConte
Stenolophus Stephens
fuliginosus Dejean
lineola Fabricius
comma Fabricius
conjunctus Say
Acupalpus Latreille
meridianus Linnaeus
TRIBE LICININI
Diplocheila Brulle
striatopunctata LeConte
oregona Hatch
undulata Carr
obtusa LeConte
Dicaelus Bonelli
laevipennis
laevipennis LeConte
Badister Clairville
neopulchellus Lindroth
obtusus LeConte
grandiceps Casey
TRIBE CHLAENIINI
Chlaenius Bonelli
tomentosus tomentosus Say
solitarius Say
sericeus sericeus Forster
tricolor vigilans Say
pensylvanicus pensylvanicus Say
nebraskensis LeConte
lithophilus Say
harpalinus Eschscholtz
niger Randall
alternatus Horn
purpuricollis frostii Carr
TRIBE LEBIINI
Lebia Latreille
atriceps LeConte
divisa LeConte
pulchella Dejean
cyanipennis Dejean
viridis Say
moesta LeConte
vittata Fabricius
pumila Dejean
Dromius Bonelli
piceus Dejean
Apristus Chaudoir
constrictus Casey
Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel
linearis LeConte
curtipennis Casey
Syntomus Hope (=
Metabletus Schmidt-Goebel)
americanus Dejean
Axinopalpus LeConte
biplagiatus Dejean
Calleida Latreille
viridis amoena LeConte
Technophilus Chaudoir
croceicollis peigani Larson
Cymindis Latreille
interior Lindroth
cribricollis Dejean
planipennis LeConte
borealis LeConte
unicolor Kirby
neglectus Haldeman
TRIBE BRACHININI
Brachinus Weber
texanus Chaudoir
quadripennis Dejean
fumans Fabricius
janthinipennis Dejean (8)
Total of 73 genera and 400 species representing 410 taxa.
List first compiled by D. Shpeley, August 1990.
1 - Listed by Lindroth (1961-1969), but not by Bousquet (1991, 1993).
However, collected by C. Buddle at Edmonton, Alberta in 1997.
2, 4, 6, 8 - Listed by Lindroth (1961-1969), but not by Bousquet (1991, 1993).
3, 7 - Listed by Lindroth (1961-1969) and Bousquet (1991), but not by Bousquet (1993).
5 - Not listed by Lindroth (1991-1969) or Bousquet (1991, 1993).
However, collected by D. Shpeley at Bistcho Lake, Alberta in 1987.
9 - Gandhi et al. (2001, 2004)