Species diversity of Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) inhabiting agroecosystems in Kerman province

As a result of a faunistic survey on Ground and tiger beetles which conducted mainly in agroecosystemsin different localities of Kerman province of Iran, a total of 21 species were identified. Among them, 3species, namely Nebria xanthacra Chaudoir, Pheropsophus africanus Dejean, and Poecilus nitens Chaudoir,are recorded for the first time in Iran. 21 species are new records for Kerman province. All identificationshave been confirmed by the specialists. The collected & identified species in this survey are as below list :Subfamily Broscinae Hope, 1838Broscus (Cephalotes) laevigatus Dejean, 1828Subfamily Callistinae Laporte, 1834Chlaenius festivus Panzer, 1796Pheropsophus africanus Dejean, 1825Subfamily Carabinae Latreille, 1802Calosoma (Callistriga) algiricum Géhin, 1885Calosoma (Caminara) olivieri Dejean, 1831Subfamily Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802Cicindela histrio Tschitscherine, 1903Megacephala euphratica Dejean in Latreille & Dejean, 1822Subfamily Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810Acinopus picipes Olivier, 1795Pseudoophonus griseus Panzer, 1796Pseudoophonus rufipes DeGeer, 1774Subfamily Lebiinae Bonelli, 1810Lebia (Lamprias) cyanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758Subfamily Nebriinae Laporte, 1834Nebria xanthacra Chaudoir, 1850Subfamily Platyninae Bonelli, 1810Calathus (Neocalathus) cinctus Motschulsky, 1850Sphodrus leucophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758Subfamily Pterostichinae Bonelli, 1810Amara aenea DeGeer, 1774Anthia (Thermophilum) duodecimguttata Bonelli, 1813Anthia (Anthia) mannerheimii Chaudoir, 1842Poecilus nitens Chaudoir, 1850Poecilus purpurascens Dejean,1828.Subfamily Scaritinae Bonelli, 1810Distichus planus Bonelli, 1913Scarites (Parallelomorphus) eurytus Fischer von Waldheim, 1825

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Carabidae ، Fauna ، New record ، Kerman ، Iran