What is Ground beetle?
{{Automatic taxobox |name = Ground beetles |fossil_range = {{Geological range|Hettangian|Recent}}<!---may change after going through the literature---> |image = Carabus auratus with prey.jpg |image_caption = [[Carabus auratus|Golden ground beetle]] eating an [[earthworm]] in Northern Germany |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Carabidae |authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1802 |subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies |subdivision_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://carabidae.org/carabidae |title=Carabidae Taxa |date=2011 |work=Carabidae of the World |accessdate=6 Nov 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102095014/http://carabidae.org/carabidae|archivedate=2012-11-02}}</ref> |subdivision = [[Anthiinae (beetle)|Anthiinae]]<br/> [[Apotominae]]<br/> [[Brachininae]]<br/> [[Broscinae]]<br/> [[Carabinae]]<br/> [[Cicindelinae]]<br/> [[Ctenodactylinae]]<br/> [[Dryptinae]]<br/> [[Elaphrinae]]<br/> [[Gineminae]]<br/> [[Harpalinae]]<br/> [[Hiletinae]]<br/> [[Lebiinae]]<br/> [[Licininae]]<br/> [[Loricerinae]]<br/> [[Melaeninae]]<br/> [[Migadopinae]]<br/> [[Nebriinae]]<br/> [[Nototylinae]]<br/> [[Omophroninae]]<br/> [[Orthogoniinae]]<br/> [[Panagaeinae]]<br/> [[Paussinae]]<br/> [[Platyninae]]<br/> [[Promecognathinae]]<br/> [[Protorabinae]]<br/> [[Pseudomorphinae]]<br/> [[Psydrinae]]<br/> [[Pterostichinae]]<br/> [[Rhysodinae]]<br/> [[Scaritinae]]<br/> [[Siagoninae]]<br/> [[Trechinae]]<br/> [[Xenaroswellianinae]] }} [[File:Brachinus spPCCA20060328-2821B.jpg|thumb|right|230px|''[[Brachinus]]'', a typical [[bombardier beetle]] from [[North Carolina]]]] [[File:Tiger beetle Lophyra sp..jpg|thumb|230px|A ''[[Lophyra]]'' sp. [[tiger beetle]] from [[Tanzania]]]] '''Ground beetles''' are the '''Carabidae''', a large, [[cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]] [[family (biology)|family]] of [[beetle]]s. There are more than 40,000 species worldwide, about 2,000 of which are found in [[North America]] and 2,700 in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=B. Kromp |year=1999 |title=Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a rev