Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) collected in winter wheat fields of the western Azerbaijan

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

G. Gahramanova ¹ ( Institute of Zoology, NAS of Azerbaijan Republic, 1073, pr.1128, bl.504, Baku, Azerbaijan )

Received: 2016-04-05 Accepted : 2016-05-25 Published : 2016-05-21

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Five subspecies and 12 species of carabid beetles (Carabidae) belonging to 11 genera and 6 subfamilies were found during 2006-2010 in west of Azerbaijan. Harpalus froelichii Sturm, 1818, Dixus obscurus Dejean, 1825, Scarites cylindronotus Faldermann, 1836, Sphodrus leucophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758, Calathus longicollis Motschulsky, 1865 were new records. Five subspecies new for the fauna of Azerbaijan are Zabrus tenebrioides longulus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855, Z.morio morio Ménetries, 1832, Cryptophonus melancholicus melancholicus Dejean, 1829, Calathus ambiguus ambiguus (Paykull, 1790), Nebria picicornis luteipes Chaudoir, 1850.