The Ground Beetles of Northeastern Iowa
Order: Coleoptera, Family: Carabidae

Native or introduced status as indicated by Bousquet and Larochelle (1993), relative abundance, and habitat utilization indicated.

Taxa
Status
Abundance
Habitat
Acupalpus carus (LeConte)
native
R
prairie
Acupalpus partiarius (Say)
native
R
grassland
Agonum cupripenne (Say)
native
C
grassland
Agonum fidele Casey
native
U
generalist
Agonum gratiosum (Mannerheim)
native
U
prairie
Agonum nutans (Say)
native
U
prairie
Agonum palustre Goulet
native
U
generalist
Agonum placidum (Say)
native
U
generalist
Amara aeneopolita Casey
native
U
prairie
Amara angustata (Say)
native
R
prairie
Amara cupreolata Putzeys
native
C
grassland
Amara impuncticollis (Say)
native
U
prairie
Amara obesa (Say)
native
R
agricultural
Amara rubrica Haldeman
native
U
prairie
Amphasia interstitialis (Say)
native
R
woodland
Amphasia sericea (Harris)
native
R
prairie
Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis (Fabricius)
native
R
generalist
Anisodactylus harrisii LeConte
native
U
prairie
Anisodactylus ovularis (Casey)
native
U
prairie
Anisodactylus rusticus (Say)
native
U
prairie
Anisodactylus sanctaecrucis (Fabricius)
native
U
agricultural
Apenes lucidulus (Dejean)
native
R
generalist
Badister notatus Haldeman
native
R
generalist
Bembidion graciliforme Hayward
native
R
grassland
Bembidion postremum Say
native
R
woodland
Bembidion praticola Lindroth
native
U
prairie
Bembidion quadrimaculatum oppositum Say
native
C
generalist
Bembidion rapidum (LeConte)
native
U
agricultural
Bembidion versicolor (LeConte)
native
U
agricultural
Brachinus americanus (LeConte)
native
U
woodland
Brachinus ovipennis LeConte
native
U
woodland
Brachinus tenuicollis LeConte
native
R
woodland
Bradycellus rupestris (Say)
native
R
agricultural
Bradycellus semipubescens Lindroth
native
R
prairie
Calathus gregarius (Say)
native
A
generalist
Calleida decora (Fabricius)
native
R
prairie
Calleida punctata LeConte
native
R
prairie
Calosoma calidum (Fabricius)
native
R
prairie
Carabus goryi Dejean
native
U
woodland
Carabus maeander Fischer von Waldheim
holarctic
R
prairie
Carabus sylvosus Say
native
R
woodland
Chlaenius amoenus Dejean
native
R
prairie
Chlaenius emarginatus Say
native
U
generalist
Chlaenius impunctifrons Say
native
R
woodland
Chlaenius platyderus Chaudoir
native
A
generalist
Chlaenius purpuricollis Randall
native
R
prairie
Chlaenius pusillus Say
native
R
prairie
Chlaenius sericeus (Forster)
native
R
grassland
Chlaenius tomentosus (Say)
native
R
prairie
Chlaenius tricolor Dejean
native
U
generalist
Clivina impressefrons LeConte
native
R
agricultural
Cyclotrachelus seximpressus (LeConte)
native
C
generalist
Cyclotrachelus sodalis (LeConte)
native
A
generalist
Cymindis americanus Dejean
native
U
generalist
Cymindis neglectus Haldeman
native
R
prairie
Dicaelus elongatus Bonelli
native
U
prairie
Dicaelus politus Dejean
native
R
woodland
Dicaelus purpuratus splendidus Say
native
R
prairie
Dicaelus sculptilus sculptilus Say
native
R
prairie
Diplocheila obtusa (LeConte)
native
R
prairie
Discoderus parallelus (Haldeman)
native
R
prairie
Dyschirius globulosus (Say)
native
U
grassland
Elaphropus anceps (LeConte)
native
U
agricultural
Elaphropus granarius (Dejean)
native
R
prairie
Galerita janus (Fabricius)
native
U
generalist
Harpalus affinis (Schrank)
introduced
R
agricultural
Harpalus caliginosus (Fabricius)
native
R
agricultural
Harpalus compar LeConte
native
R
prairie
Harpalus eraticus Say
native
R
grassland
Harpalus erythropus Dejean
native
R
prairie
Harpalus herbivagus Say
native
U
generalist
Harpalus pensylvanicus (DeGeer)
native
C
agricultural
Harpalus somnulentus Dejean
native
R
grassland
Hartonymus hoodi Casey
native
R
prairie
Loricera pilicornis (Fabricius)
holarctic
R
agricultural
Myas cyanescens Dejean
native
R
woodland
Nebria lacustris Casey
native
R
woodland
Notiobia terminata (Say)
native
R
prairie
Notiophilus aeneus (Herbst)
native
U
generalist
Oxypselaphus pusillus (LeConte)
native
C
grassland
Panagaeus fasciatus Say
native
R
prairie
Patrobus longicornis (Say)
native
R
generalist
Platynus decentis (Say)
native
U
woodland
Poecilus chalcites (Say)
native
C
agricultural
Poecilus lucublandus (Say)
native
A
generalist
Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz
holarctic
R
woodland
Pterostichus commutabilis (Motschulsky)
native
U
prairie
Pterostichus corvinus (Dejean)
native
R
prairie
Pterostichus femoralis (Kirby)
native
U
prairie
Pterostichus luctuosus (Dejean)
native
R
prairie
Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger)
introduced
C
generalist
Pterostichus mutus (Say)
native
U
woodland
Pterostichus permundus (Say)
native
A
generalist
Pterostichus stygicus (Say)
native
A
generalist
Pterostichus trinarius (Casey)
native
U
woodland
Scaphinotus bilobus (Say)
native
R
woodland
Scarites quadriceps Chaudoir
native
U
grassland
Selenophorus opalinus (LeConte)
native
U
agricultural
Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei Dejean
native
U
generalist
Stenolophus conjunctus (Say)
native
R
grassland
Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir)
native
R
agricultural
Stenolophus ochropezus (Say)
native
R
prairie
Stenolophus rotundicollis (Haldeman)
native
R
grassland
Syntomus americanus (Dejean)
native
R
prairie
Synuchus impunctatus (Say)
native
U
generalist
Trichotichnus autumnalis (Say)
native
R
woodland
Trichotichnus vulpeculus (Say)
native
U
woodland