Carabid beetles, often called ground beetles, are a clade and family (Carabidae) distributed worldwide that comprises a mix of relatively well-studied groups and faunas, as well as taxa that are very little known and include a large number of undescribed species. Individuals are frequently extremely abundant in many different microhabitats and so carabid beetles are significantly important for ecological studies, have been used as indicator species, are thought to be beneficial as generalist predators, are important for understanding climate change, patterns of biogeography, and much more. Read more
Carabid Systematics
