Checklist of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the middle of Iraq

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

2 Iraq Natural History Research Centre and Museum, University of Baghdad, Iraq

10.22124/cjes.2023.6700

Abstract

An update checklist of the ground beetles in the middle of Iraq is presented. This investigation was conducted from October 2020 till September 2021 and revealed 42 species belonging to 32 genera, 17 tribes and 13 subfamilies of Carabidae. In the present checklist, synonyms, locations and global distributions were provided.
 

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