Abstract
New records of ground beetles are given for Colombia, some of these also new for South America. The records for Colombia include the tribe Panagaeini, 33 genera (with 53 species) as follows: Adrimus, Aporesthus, Askalaphium, Aspasiola, Barysomus, Coptia, Ctenodactyla, Cylindronotum, Diploharpus, Eucaerus, Goniocellus, Hyboptera, Laemostenus, Mizotrechus, Oodinus, Otoglossa, Pleuracanthus, Pogonodaptus, Pseudaptinus, Stenocheila and Stenolophus (Harpalinae), Ozaena, Pheropsophus, Physea and Platycerozaena (Paussinae), Elaphropus, Meotachys, Micratopus, Mioptachys Paratachys, Polyderis, Tachys and (Psydrinae: Bembidiini) Stratiotes (Scaritinae: Scaritini). The genera Goniocellus and Pogonodaptus and thirteen species are new records for South America. Most of the specimens came from samples collected in the Insect Diversity of Colombia project; additional information was obtained from various entomological collections.
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