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. 2013 Jan 15;(258):31–52. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.258.4174

Table 5.

List of ground beetle species (Carabidae) reported from the balsam fir/white birch dominated forests (2011) north of Quebec City, organized by subfamily, tribe, subtribe [when available], and species name. All specimens were captured in unbaited pitfall traps. Uncut forest = control (CO); Clearcut with debris (SOH); Clearcut with reduced debris (WTH); Total catch (Σ); Percentage of total catch (%); relative dominance rank (RDR); abundantly captured species in bold.

Taxon June July August Catch
WTH SOH CO WTH SOH CO WTH SOH CO Σ % RDR
CARABINAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.5
Cychrini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.5
1. Sphareoderus nitidicollis (Guérin-Ménenville) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.5 10
TRECHINAE 4 5 2 8 6 6 2 0 0 33 8.5
Trechini 2 2 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 13 3.4
2. Trechus apicalis (Motschulsky) 2 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 11 2.8 6
3. Trechus crassiscapus (Lindroth) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.5 10
Bembidiini 2 3 2 5 2 4 2 0 0 20 5.2
4. Bembidion grapii (Gyllenhal) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.5 10
5. Bembidion wingatei (Bland) 1 3 2 5 2 4 1 0 0 18 4.7 5
HARPALINAE 75 38 69 48 27 44 26 14 11 352 91
Pterostichini 72 34 57 30 25 36 20 12 7 293 75.7
6. Pterostichus adstrictus (Eschscholtz) 58 27 35 21 12 17 12 8 0 190 49.1 1
7. Pterostichus brevicornis (Kirby) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.5 10
8. Pterostichus coracinus (Newman) 10 4 15 9 12 10 5 3 5 73 18.9 2
9. Pterostichus punctatissimus (Randall) 4 3 6 0 1 9 2 1 2 28 7.2 4
Harpalini 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 8 2.1 8
10. Harpalus laticeps (LeConte) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 11
11. Harpalus ruficeps (DeGeer) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 8
12. Harpalus solitaris (Dejean) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.8 9
Platynini 3 4 12 13 2 8 4 1 4 51 13.2
13. Agonum gratiosum (Mannerheim) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 11
14. Agonum retractum (LeConte) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.8 9
15. Calathus adrena (LeConte) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 10
16. Calathus ingrathus (Dejean) 2 2 3 13 1 5 4 1 4 35 9 3
17. Platynus decentris (Say) 1 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.6 7