Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 2: 10 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.2.3
Page range: 189-213
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 2

Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Baja California Peninsula: checklist and new records for Mexico

Laboratorio de Sistemática Animal; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo; km 4.5; carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo s/n; Ciudad del Conocimiento; Col. Carboneras; C.P. 42184; Mineral de la Reforma; Hidalgo; México.
Laboratorio de Sistemática Animal; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo; km 4.5; carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo s/n; Ciudad del Conocimiento; Col. Carboneras; C.P. 42184; Mineral de la Reforma; Hidalgo; México.
Coleoptera Carabids species checklist first records distribution

Abstract

An updated checklist dedicated to the family Carabidae for the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, is presented, summarizing the current state of knowledge regarding its distribution and species richness. This compilation is based on an exhaustive review of specialized literature, consultation of databases and examination of specimens from entomological collections. A total of 152 taxa, belonging to eight subfamilies, 27 tribes, 64 genera, 132 species and 20 subspecies are reported. This study adds three first records for Mexico (Stenolophus limbalis LeConte, 1857, Pterostichus illustris LeConte, 1851 and Pterostichus jacobinus Casey, 1913), and eight first records for the peninsula, along with new distribution data for 16 species in the region. A regional distribution map of the first records is shown and priority collection areas for the future are discussed. This work aims to establish a baseline that serves as a reference for future taxonomic, ecological, conservation and biogeographic studies on the Baja California Peninsula and in Mexico.

 

References

  1. Aalbu, R.L. & Smith, A.D. (2020) A new genus with six new species of Edrotini (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 93 (3), 197–209. https://doi.org/10.3956/2020-96.3.197
  2. Allen, R.T. (1969) A synopsis of the tribe Morionini in the western hemisphere with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Caribbean Journal of Science, 8 (3–4), 141–163.
  3. Andrews, F.G. & Gilbert, A.J. (2005) A preliminary annotated checklist and evaluation of the diversity of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Insecta Mundi, 19 (1–2), 89–116.
  4. Asiain, J. & Márquez, J. (2017) New records of Coleoptera from the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Entomological News, 127 (1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.127.0102
  5. Ball, G.E. (1959) A taxonomic study of the North American Licinini with notes on the Old World species of the genus Diplocheila Brullé (Coleoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 16, 1–258.
  6. Ball, G.E. & McCleve, S. (1990) The Middle American genera of the tribe Ozaenini with notes about the species in Southwestern United States and selected species from Mexico. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 26, 30–116.
  7. Ball, G.E. & Negre, J. (1972) The taxonomy of the Nearctic species of the genus Calathus Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Agonini). The American Entomological Society, 98 (4), 412–533.
  8. Ball, G.E. & Shpeley, D. (1991) The carabid beetles of la Reserva de la Biosfera La Michilia, Durango, Mexico (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Entomológica Mexicana, 81, 21–65.
  9. Ball, G.E. & Shpeley, D. (2000) Carabidae (Coleoptera). In: Llorente-Bousquets, J., González-Soriano, E. & Papavero, N. (Eds.), Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeográfica de artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, pp. 363–399.
  10. Ball, G.E., Shpeley, D. & Currie, D.C. (1991) The New World genus Stenomorphus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini): classification, allometry, and evolutionary considerations. The Canadian Entomologist, 123, 933–988. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent123933-5
  11. Bates, H.W. (1873) On the geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 219–322. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1873.tb00643.x
  12. Bates, H.W. (1881) Insecta, Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Carabidae Vol. I. Part 1. In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Published for the editors by R. H. Porte, London, pp. 1–40.
  13. Bates, H.W. (1882) Insecta. Coleoptera. Cicindelidae, Carabidae Vol. I. Part 1. In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Published for the editors by R. H. Porte, London, pp. 41–152.
  14. Bates, H.W. (1883) Insecta. Coleoptera. Cicindelidae, Carabidae Vol. I. Part 1. In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Published for the editors by R. H. Porte, London, pp. 153–255.
  15. Bates, H.W. (1884) Insecta. Coleoptera. Cicindelidae, Carabidae Vol. I. Part 1. In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Published for the editors by R. H. Porte, London, pp. 256–316.
  16. Bates, H.W. (1891) Additions to the Carabideous fauna of Mexico, with remarks on some of the species previously recorded. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 39, 223–278. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1891.tb01650.x
  17. Blackwelder, R.E. (1944) Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part I. United States National Museum Bulletin, 185, i–iii + 189–341. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.185.2
  18. Bonelli, F.A. (1810) Observations entomologiques. Première partie (cicindélètes et portion des carabiques) [with the “Tabula synoptica exhibens genera carabicorum in sectiones et stirpes disposita”]. In: Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences, Littérature et Beaux-Arts de Turin: Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques. Félix Galletti, Turin, 1–58.
  19. Bouchard, P., Smith, A.B.T., Douglas, H., Gimmel, M.L., Brunke, A.J. & Kanda, K. (2017) Biodiversity of Coleoptera. In: Foottit, R.G. & Adler, P.H. (Eds.), Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Vol I. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp. 337–417. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118945568.ch11
  20. Bousquet, Y. (2010) Review of the Nearctic, Mexican and West Indian (Greater Antilles) species of Colliuris Degeer (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Odacanthini). Zootaxa, 2529 (1), 1–39. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2529.1.1
  21. Bousquet, Y. (2012) Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico. ZooKeys, 245, 1–1722. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
  22. Bousquet, Y. & Laplante, S. (1997) Taxonomic review of the New World Pogonini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 129, 699–731. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent129699-4
  23. Brullé, M. (1835) Coléoptères. II. Histoire naturelle des insectes, traitant de leur organisation et de leurs moeurs en général, par MV Audouin, et comprenant leur classification et la description des espèces, par MA Brullé Le tout accompagné de planches gravées sur acier, d’après des peintures exécutées pour cette édition sur la collection du Muséum de Paris. Tome V. F.D. Pillot, Paris, 436 pp.
  24. Casey, T.L. (1897) Coleopterological notices 7. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9, 285–684. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1896.tb55435.x
  25. Casey, T.L. (1913) Memoirs on the Coleoptera IV. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, 400 pp.
  26. Casey, T.L. (1914) Memoirs on the Coleoptera V. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, 387 pp.
  27. Casey, T.L. (1920) Memoirs on the Coleoptera IX. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, 529 pp.
  28. Casey, T.L. (1924) Memoirs on the Coleoptera XI. Lancaster Press, Inc., Lancaster, 347 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48776
  29. Cazier, M.A. (1937) Four new California Coleoptera (Buprestidae, Scarabaeidae, and Cicindelidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 13, 115–118.
  30. Cazier, M.A. (1948) The origin, distribution, and classification of the tiger beetles of Lower California (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). American Museum Novitates, 1382, 1–28.
  31. Cazier, M.A. (1954) A review of the Mexican tiger beetles of the genus Cicindela (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). American Museum of Natural History, 103, 227–310.
  32. Cerón-Gómez, R., Márquez, J. & Ramírez-Ponce, A. (2022) Fauna de Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) del Estado de Hidalgo, México: Lista de especies, primeros registros y datos de distribución geográfica. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, Nueva Serie, 38, 1–38. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2022.3812495
  33. Cerón-Gómez, R. & Márquez, J. (2023) Los carábidos: un vistazo a los escarabajos de suelo. Revista Digital Universitaria, 24 (4), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.22201/cuaieed.16076079e.2023.24.4.11
  34. Chaudoir, M. de (1837) Genres nouveaux et espèces nouvelles de coléoptères de la famille des carabiques. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 10, 3–50.
  35. Chaudoir, M. (1848) Mémoire sur la famille des carabiques. 1 partie. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 21, 3–134. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60871
  36. Chaudoir, M. de (1852) Mémoire sur la famille des carabiques 3 Partie. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 25, 1–104.
  37. Chaudoir, M. (1862) Révision des espèces qui rentrent dans l’ancien genre Panagaeus. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 34, 335–360.
  38. Chaudoir, M. (1868) Observations synonymiques sur les carabiques de l’Amérique septentrionale et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de ce pays. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée et de Sériciculture comparée, 2e Série, 20, 161–171.
  39. Chaudoir, M. de (1876) Monographie de brachynides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 19, 11–104.
  40. Chaudoir, M. de (1876) Monographie des chléniens. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 8, 3–315.
  41. Chaudoir, M. (1879) Révision des genres Onychopterygia, Dicranoncus et Colpodes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Cinquième Série, 8, 337–382.
  42. Chevrolat, L.A.A. (1834) Coléoptères du Mexique. Fasc. 2. Impr. de G. Silbermann, Strasbourg, 423 pp.
  43. Chevrolat, L.A.A. (1835) Coléoptères du Mexique. Fasc. 5. Impr. de G. Silbermann, Strasbourg. [unknown pagination]
  44. Csiki, E. (1931) Carabidae: Harpalinae V. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum catalogus. Pars 115. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 739–1022.
  45. Davidson, R.L. (1980) A taxonomic revision of the genus Chlaenius Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Mexico and Central America, with species revisions of the subgenera Callistometus Grundmann, Agostenus Motschulsky, and Chlaenius (sensu stricto). M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 194 pp.
  46. Darlington, P.J. Jr. (1936) The species of Stenomorphus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with data on heterogony in S. californicus (Mén.). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 12, 33–44.
  47. Dejean, P.F.M.A. (1825) Spécies général des coléopteres de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Tome 1. Chez Crevot, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 463 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2086
  48. Dejean, P.F.M.A. (1826) Species général des coléoptères, de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Tome 2. Chez Crevot, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 501 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8863
  49. Dejean, P.F.M.A. (1828) Species général des coléoptères, de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Tome 3. Chez, Méquignon-Marvis, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 556 pp.
  50. Dejean, P.F.M.A. (1829) Species général des coléoptères, de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Tome 4. Chez, Méquignon-Marvis, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 520 pp.
  51. Dejean, P.F.M.A. (1831) Spécies général des coléopteres de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Tome 5. s.n., Paris, 883 pp.
  52. Erwin, T.L. (1965) A revision of Brachinus of North America: Part I. The California species (Coleoptera: Carabidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 19 (1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.388360
  53. Erwin, T.L. (1970) A reclassification of bombardier beetles and a taxonomic revision of the north and Middle American species (Carabidae: Brachinida). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 6, 4–215.
  54. Erwin, T.L. (1984) Studies of the tribe Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): lectotype designations and species group assignments for Bembidion species described by Thomas L. Casey and others. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 60, 165–187.
  55. Erwin, T.L. (2007) A treatise on the western hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera) their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Vol. I (Trachypachidae, Carabidae-Nebriiformes). Pensoft, Sofia, 323 pp.
  56. Erwin, T.L. (2011a) A treatise on the western hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera) their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Vol. III (Carabidae, Loxomeriformes, Melaeniformes). Pensoft, Sofia, 412 pp.
  57. Erwin, T.L. (2011b) Halocoryza Alluaud, 1919, sea-side beetles of the Indian, Atlantic (sensu lato), and Pacific Oceans: a generic synopsis and description of a remarkable new species from Baja California Sur, México (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritini, Clivinina). ZooKeys, 127, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127.1748
  58. Eschscholtz, J.F. (1833) Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch- Kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823–1826. Fünftes Heft. Herausgegeben. Gedruckt und verlegt bei G. Reimer, Berlin, XV + 18 + 19 + VIII + 28, XXV taf. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.38056
  59. Fabricius, J.C. (1775) Systema entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordinens, genera, species. Flensburg and Leipzig, 1–832 pp.
  60. Fabricius, J.C. (1781) Species Insectorum. Vol. 1. impensis C. E. Bohnii, Kilonii, 552 pp.
  61. Fabricius, J.C. (1798) Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Proft et Storch, Hafniae, 572 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65803
  62. Fall, H.C. (1910) Miscellaneous notes and descriptions of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the America ENtomological Society, 36, 89–197.
  63. Garcillán, P.P. & Ezcurra, E. (2003) Biogeographic regions and β-diversity of woody dryland legumes in the Baja California peninsula. Journal of Vegetation Science, 14, 859–868. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02219.x
  64. Germar, E.F. (1824) Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Volumen primum. Coleoptera. Impensis J.C. Hendelii et Filii, Halae, XXIV + 624 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.130964
  65. Gidaspow, T. (1959) North America caterpillar hunters of the genera Calosoma and Callisthenes (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 116, 225–344.
  66. Gidaspow, T. (1968) A revision of the ground beetles belonging to Scaphinotus, subgenus Brennus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 140, 135–192.
  67. Gilbert, A.J. (2014) Studies on the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Baja California peninsula: the genus Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1762 (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Cryptocephalini: Cryptocephalina). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 90 (4), 165–173. https://doi.org/10.3956/2014-90.4.165
  68. Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (1879–1915) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Published for the editors by R. H. Porter, London. [unknown pagination] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.54584
  69. González-Abraham, C.E., Garcillán, P.P. & Ezcurra, E. (2010) Ecorregiones de la península de Baja California: Una síntesis. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México, 87, 69–82. https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.302
  70. Grismer, L.L. & McGuire, J.A. (1993) The oases of central Baja California, Mexico. Part I. A preliminary account to the relict mesophilic herpetofauna and the status of the oases. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 92, 2–24.
  71. Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1844) Description de coleopteres nouveaux découverts par M. A. Nieto dans l’interieur du Mexique. Revue Zoologique, 253–253.
  72. Gyllenhal, L. (1827) Insecta Svecica. Classis I. Coleoptera sive Eleuterata. Tom. I. Pars IV. Apud Friedericum Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig], VIII + 761 + 1 pp.
  73. Haldeman, S.S. (1843) Descriptions of North American species of Coleoptera, presumed to be undescribed. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1, 298–304.
  74. Halffter, G., Espinoza de los Monteros, A., Nolasco-Soto, J., Arriaga-Jiménez, A. & Rivera-Gasperín, S. (2022) Bajacanthon, a new subgenus for the Mexican Deltochilini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Fauna. Diversity, 14 (109), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14020109
  75. Hayward, R. (1897) On the species of Bembidium of America north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 24, 32–143.
  76. Hespenheide, H.A., Westcott, R.L. & Bellamy, C.L. (2011) Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the Baja California peninsula, México. Zootaxa, 2805 (1), 36–56. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2805.1.4
  77. Hieke, F. (2011) Aktueller Katalog der Gattung Amara Bonelli, 1810. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg. Available from: www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/fritz_hieke_2011_amara_catalogue.pdf (accessed November 2024)
  78. Hope, F.W. (1838) The coleopterist’s manual, part the second, containing the predaceous land and water beetles of Linneus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, 168 pp.
  79. Horn, G.H. (1867) Descriptions of some new Cicindelidae from the Pacific Coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 18, 394–397.
  80. Horn, G.H. (1869) New species of Coleoptera from the Pacific district of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2, 129–140. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076202
  81. Horn, G.H. (1876) Notes on the coleopterus fauna of Guadalupe Island. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 5, 198–201. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076305
  82. Horn, G.H. (1881) On the genera of Carabidae with special reference to the fauna of boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 9, 91–196. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076403
  83. Horn, G.H. (1882) Synopsis of the species of the tribe Lebiini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 10, 126–163. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076419
  84. Horn, G.H. (1891) New species and miscellaneous notes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 18, 32–47.
  85. Horn, G.H. (1892) Random studies in North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 19, 40–48.
  86. Horn, G.H. (1894) The Coleoptera of Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 4, 302–449.
  87. Horn, G.H. (1895) Coleoptera of Baja California. (Supplement I.). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 5, 225–259.
  88. Horn, G.H. (1896) Coleoptera of Baja California. (Supplement II.). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 6, 367–381.
  89. Horn, G.H. (1897) Descriptions of some new Cicindelidae from the Pacific Coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 18, 394–397.
  90. Horn, G.H. (1903) List of the Cicindelidae of Mexico and on their relationship with the species of the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 11, 213–220.
  91. Horn, G.H. (1926) Über alte und neue Cicindelinen der Welt. Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer, 22, 164–173.
  92. Horn, W. (1897) Die mexicanischen Cicindeliden. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 161–185. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48018970130
  93. Hunting, W.M. (2013) A taxonomic revision of the Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), including description of a new species from Florida, U.S.A. ZooKeys, 259, 1–73. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.259.2970
  94. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática [INEGI] (2001) Síntesis de información geográfica del estado de Baja California. INEGI, México, D.F., iii + 98 pp.
  95. Junco-Carlón, E., González-Rodríguez, H., Armenta-Quintana, J.A., Cantú-Silva, I., Estrada-Castillón, A.E., Cotera-Correo, M. & Meza-Gómez, M.V. (2020) Composición botánica del matorral sarcocaule en Baja California Sur durante las estaciones húmeda y seca. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales, 11 (61), 70–93. https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v11i61.730
  96. Jiménez, M.A., Nieto-Castañeda, I.G., Correa-Ramírez, M.M. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2015) Las arañas de los oasis de la región meridional de la Península de Baja California, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86, 319–331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmb.2015.04.028
  97. Kolbe, H.J. (1880) Natürliches System der carnivoren Coleoptera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 24, 258–280. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.4800240205
  98. LaFerté-Sénectère, F. (1841) Description de dix carabiques nouveaux du Texas et d’une espece nouvelle de buprestide de France. Revue Zoologique, 4, 37–50.
  99. Laporte, F.L. de (1834) Etudes entomologiques, ou description d’insectes nouveaux: et observations sur leur synonymie. Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils, Paris, 94 pp.
  100. Larson, D.J. (1969) A revision of the genera Philophuga Motschoulsky and Tecnophilus Chaudoir with notes on the North American Callidina (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 5, 15–84.
  101. Latreille, P.A. (1802) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. F. Dufart, Paris. [unknown pagination] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15764
  102. Latreille, P.A. (1806) Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Tomus secundus. Amand Koenig, Parisiis et Argentorati, 280 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65741
  103. LeConte, J.L. (1848) A descriptive catalogue of the geodephagous Coleoptera inhabiting the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 4, 465–474. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1848.tb00277.x
  104. LeConte, J.L. (1852) Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, from California. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 5, 185–216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1852.tb00123.x
  105. LeConte, J.L. (1853) Notes on the classification of the Carabidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 10, 364–403. https://doi.org/10.2307/1005287
  106. LeConte, J.L. (1854a) Descriptions of new Coleoptera collected by Thos. H. Webb, M.D., in the years 1850–51 and 52, while Secretary to the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Commission. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7, 220–225.
  107. LeConte, J.L. (1854b) Synopsis of the species of Platynus and allied genera, inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7, 35–59.
  108. LeConte, J.L. (1855) Notes on the Amarae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7, 346–356.
  109. LeConte, J.L. (1856) Revision of the Cicindelae of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 11, 27–63. https://doi.org/10.2307/3231925
  110. LeConte, J.L. (1857a) Report upon insects collected on the survey. In: Part III. Zoological report. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of war, in 1853–5, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853. May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Vol. XII. Book II. Thomas H. Ford, Washington, pp. 1–72.
  111. LeConte, J.L. (1857b) Synopsis of the species Clivina and allied genera inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 9, 75–83.
  112. LeConte, J.L. (1858) Description of new species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, under Major W.H. Emory, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10, 59–89.
  113. LeConte, J.L. (1859) Catalogue of the coleoptera of Fort Tejon, California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2, 69–90.
  114. LeConte, J.L. (1863) New species of North America Coleoptera prepared for the Smithsonian Institution, part I. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, 167, 1–86. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51303
  115. LeConte, J.L. (1867) Additions to the coleopterous fauna of the United States. No. 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 18, 361–394.
  116. LeConte, J.L. (1884) Short studies of North American Coleoptera. (No. 2). Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 12, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076447
  117. Leng, C.W. (1915) List of the Carabidae of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 34, 555–601.
  118. Liebherr, J.K. (1984) Agonum muiri, n.sp. from California, and Agonum pacificum Casey, valid species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 38, 374–383.
  119. Liebherr, J.K. (1985) Revision of the platynine carabid genus Tanystoma Motschulsky (Coleoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 93, 1182–1211.
  120. Liebherr, J.K. (1986) Cladistic analysis of North American Platynini and revision of the Agonum extensicolle species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae). University of California Publications in Entomology, 106, 1–198.
  121. Liebherr, J.K. (1989) Tanystoma diabolica new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini) from Baja California and it´s biogeographic significance. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 97, 173–186.
  122. Liebherr, J.K. (1991) Phylogeny and revision of the Anchomenus clade: the genera Tetraleucus, Anchomeus, Sericoda and Elliptoleus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 202, 1–163.
  123. Liebherr, J.K. (1994) Identification of new world Agonum, review of the Mexican fauna, and description of Incagonum, new genus, from South America (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 102 (1), 1–55.
  124. Liebherr, J.K. & Will, K.W. (1996) New North America Platynus Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a key to species north of Mexico, and notes on species from the southwestern United States. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 50 (4), 301–320.
  125. Linnaeus, C. von. (1758) n.k. In: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. Typis Ioannis Thomae von Trattner, Vindobonae, pp. 1767–1770. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.157601
  126. Linnaeus, C. von. (1763) Amoenitates academicae; seu dissertationes variae physicae, medicae, botanicae, antehac seorsim editae, nunc collectae et auctae cum tabulis aeneis. Volumen sextum. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 486 pp.
  127. Lorenz, W. (2019) CarabCat: Global database of ground beetles (version Oct 2017). In: Roskov, Y., Ower, G., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P.M., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., Nieukerken, E. & van Zarucchi, J., Penev, L. (Eds.), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Available from: https://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019/ (accessed November 2024)
  128. Madge, R.B. (1967) A revision of the genus Lebia Latreille in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 3, 139–242.
  129. Mannerheim, C.G. von. (1843) Beitrag zur Kaefer-Fauna der Aleutischen Inseln, der Insel Sitkha und Neu-Californiens. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 16, 175–314. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.37833
  130. Mateu, J. (1994) Nuevas especies de Pentagonicini y de Lebiinae de los Estados Unidos de América (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Miscellania Zoologica, 17, 141–148.
  131. Maya, Y., Coria, C. & Domínguez, R. (1997) Caracterización de los oasis. In: Arriaga, L. & Rodríguez-Estrella, R. (Eds.), Los oasis de la península de Baja California. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C., La Paz, pp. 5–25.
  132. Ménétriés, E. (1843) Sur un envoi d’insectes de la côte N. O. d’Amérique. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de Académie Impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 2, 50–63.
  133. Messer, P.W. & Raber, B.T. (2021) A review of Nearctic Selenophorus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) North of Mexico with new species, new synonyms, range extensions, and key. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 75 (1), 9–55. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.9
  134. Moore, I. & Andrews, F.G. (1985) Extensions of range for some seashore and intertidal beetles of Western North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Carabidae, Malachiidae & Rhizophagidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 61 (3), 221–223.
  135. Moore, I. & Legner, E.F. (1973) The larva and pupa of Carpelimus debilis Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Psyche, 80, 289–294. https://doi.org/10.1155/1973/45275
  136. Morrone, J.J., Escalante, T. & Rodríguez-Tapia, G. (2017) Mexican biogeographic provinces: Map and shapefiles. Zootaxa, 4277 (2), 277–279. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.8
  137. Motschulsky, V. von. (1859) Coléopteres nouveaux de la Californie. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 32 (2), 122–185.
  138. Murray, R.R. (1979) The Cicindela fauna of Mexico: range extensions, additions, and ecological notes (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 33, 49–56. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.371833
  139. Noonan, G.R. (1973) The anisodactylines (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini): classification, evolution, and zoogeography. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 9, 266–480.
  140. Noonan, G.R. (1996) Classification, cladistics, and natural history of species of the subgenus Anisodactylus Dejean (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini: Anisodactylus). Milwaukee. Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology, 89, 1–210.
  141. Notman, H. (1919) Records and new species of Carabidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 27, 225–237.
  142. Perty, J.A.M. (1830) Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto collegerunt Dr. J.B. de Spix et Dr. C.F.Ph. de Martius. Frid. Fleischer, Monachii, III + 224 pp., 40 tabs.
  143. Pinto, J.D. & Clark, W.H. (2022) New Records of Meloidae (Coleoptera) from the Baja California Peninsula, with Description of a New Species of Lytta Fabricius. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 76 (1), 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.1.45
  144. Putzeys, J.A.A.H. (1845) Prémices entomologiques. H. Dessain, Liège, 64 pp.
  145. Rafinesque, C.S. (1815) Analyse de la nature ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés. Aux dépens de l’auteur, Palermo, 224 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106607
  146. Rump, N.L. (1962) Three new tiger beetles of the genus Cicindela from southwestern United States. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 60, 165–187.
  147. Say, T.L. (1823) Descriptions of insects of the families of Carabici and Hydrocanthari of Latreille, inhabiting North America. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2, 1–109. https://doi.org/10.2307/1005051
  148. Say, T.L. (1830) Description of new species of North American insects, and observations on some of the species already described. Thomas Say, New Harmony, Indiana, 65 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.123560
  149. Schaeffer, C.F.A. (1910) Additions to the Carabidae of North America with notes on species already known. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1, 391–405.
  150. Schaupp, F.G. (1884) Synoptic tables of Coleoptera. Cicindelidae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 6, 85–108.
  151. Shook, G.A. (1989) Cicindela lemniscata bajacalifornica, a new subspecies of Cicindelidae (Coleoptera) from Baja California, Mexico. Cicindela, 21, 1–11.
  152. Shpeley, D. (1986) Genera of the subtribe Metallicina and classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of the species of Euproctinus Leng and Mutchler (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 22, 261–349.
  153. Shpeley, D. & Van Devender, T.R. (2022) An annotated checklist of ground beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) occurring in the state of Sonora, Mexico with descriptions of new species and notes about some collection localities. Dugesiana, 29 (1), 41–137. https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v29i1.7158
  154. Stephens, J.F. (1827) Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata. Vol. I. Baldwin & Cradock, London, 186 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8133
  155. Thomson, M.J. (1859) Notice historique sur le genre Cicindela suivie de la description de sept espéces nouvelles. Arcana Naturae, 85–92.
  156. Van Dyke, E.C. (1925) Studies of western North American Carabinae (Coleoptera) with descriptions of new species. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 1, 111–125.
  157. Vaurie, P. (1950) Four new subspecies of the genus Cicindela (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). American Museum Novitates, 1458, 1–6.
  158. Whitehead, D.R. (1972) Classification, phylogeny, and zoogeography of Schizogenius Putzeys (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritini). Quastiones Entomologicae, 8, 131–348.
  159. Will, K.W. (1997) Review of the species of the subgenus Megapangus Casey (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Harpalini, Harpalus Latreille). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 51, 43–51.
  160. Will, K.W. (2002) Revision of the New World abariform genera Neotalus n. gen. and Abaris Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini [Auctorum]). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 71 (3), 143–213. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.215808
  161. Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M., Vega-Badillo, V., Gonzáles-Ramírez, M., Zurita-García, M., Domínguez-León, D.E., López-Pérez, S., Gutiérrez-Carranza, I.G., Cifuentes-Ruiz, P., Pérez-Hernández, C.X., Ramírez del Valle, E. & Gutiérrez, N. (2019) A checklist of the Coleoptera (Insecta) from Morelos, Mexico. Zootaxa, 4580 (1), 1–122. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4580.1.1

How to Cite

Cerón-Gómez, R. & Márquez, J. (2025) Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Baja California Peninsula: checklist and new records for Mexico. Zootaxa, 5706 (2), 189–213. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.2.3