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Family Carabidae - Ground Beetles

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Beetles: A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America

By Richard E. White
Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Paperback

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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 18 October, 2007 - 9:15pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae)

Manuel d'identification des Carabidae du Québec (Curdulia, Supplément 1)

By André LaRochelle

A journal article, but seems worthy of a book link.
(Contributed by Simon Carmichael.)

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Contributed by Cotinis on 24 September, 2006 - 7:50pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae)

Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina

By Janet Ciegler
Clemson University, 2000

This work has keys, diagrams, descriptions, and literature references. This is very handy for identifying southeastern ground beetles. Note errata.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 20 May, 2004 - 4:23pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Elaphrinae » Elaphrini » Elaphrus

The genera of Holarctic Elaphrini and species of Elaphrus Fabricius (Coleoptera:Carabidae)

By Henri Goulet
Quaestiones Entomologicae, 19: 219-481, 1983

Full title is: GOULET, H. 1983: The genera of Holarctic Elaphrini and species of Elaphrus Fabricius (Coleoptera:Carabidae): classification, phylogeny and zoogeography. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 19: 219-481

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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 26 April, 2006 - 1:36pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae)

Northeastern Tiger Beetles: A Field Guide to Tiger Beetles of New England and Eastern Canada

By Jonathan G. Leonard, Ross T. Bell
CRC Press, 1998

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Contributed by Richard Leung on 1 April, 2005 - 8:37pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae)

A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada

By David Pearson, C. Barry Knisley, Charles J. Kazilek, David L. Pearson, Barry C. Knisley
Oxford University Press, 2005

Subtitled: Identification, Natural History, And Distribution Of The Cicindelidae

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Contributed by Richard Leung on 1 April, 2005 - 8:36pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae)

Tiger Beetles: The Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity of the Cicindelids (Cornell Series in Arthropod Biology)

By David L. Pearson, Alfried P. Vogler
Cornell University Press, 2001

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Contributed by Richard Leung on 1 April, 2005 - 8:35pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae)

Tiger Beetles of Alberta: Killers on the Clay, Stalkers on the Sand

By John Acorn
University of Alberta Press, 2001

This work has lovely photographs, good range maps, and interesting life histories. Many of the species from Alberta are widespread, so this book is useful for those in the United States as well.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 6 May, 2004 - 2:06pm

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