An Annotated Checklist of the Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Mexico, Including Some Nomenclatural Changes

The first comprehensive checklist of the ground beetles in the family Carabidae is presented for Mexico with specimen records to the state level with sources. Data from over 69,300 dataset records as well as published records is presented in this checklist. A total of 1,634 described carabid species in 45 tribes and 176 genera are recorded from Mexico; 1,030 of those species were described from type material collected only in Mexico. Morphospecies (undescribed species) are not included in this checklist. The number of carabid species recorded from Mexico could potentially be as high as 2,074 if morphospecies were included. The sources of the state records are included for each of the species. This checklist also includes type locality information for over 200 species known only from type material. The name Lebia interrupta Chaudoir, 1870: 210 is given new status as a valid species. Three new synonomies are proposed, with the senior synonym of each combination listed first: Chlaenius forreri Bates, 1884 = Chlaenius pimalicus Casey, 1914; Lebia cymindoides Bates, 1883 = Lebia scapula G. Horn, 1885; and Lebia interrupta Chaudoir, 1870 = Lebia tschitscherini Lutshnik, 1922.