carabid

The remarkable carabid Comstockia subterranea is a true cave species found in Texas.

The most effective enemies of the larvae in Europe are the carabid (ground beetle) Scarites buparius and the tenebrionid (darkling beetles) Erodius siculus and Pimelia bipunctata.

Carabid beetles of the subfamily Trechinae are the most common type of terrestrial troglobites.

Amara refers to carabid beetles.

Other major research topics for McKenna-Foster have been carabid ground beetles, and spiders in Massachusetts, as well as in Wisconsin.

Predators of T. pusillus include the common shrew Sorex araneus, lycosid and dysderid spiders, centipedes such as Lithobius variegatus and perhaps carabid beetles.