CHECKLIST OF THE ALBERTA CARABIDAE
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)