n.[昆]步行蟲；步甲(亦作carabid beetle)

As a whole, the carabid fauna in this area is simple, having relatively few species and genera. 總體來說，本地步甲區(qū)系組成相對簡單，屬與物種數(shù)較少。

Carabid ground beetles are distributed mainly in the Northern hemisphere and more than 1 000 species are known in the world. 大步甲主要分布于北半球,全世界大約有1000余種。

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In 1996 and 1997, a carabid community and its fluctuation were studied by the pitfall method in the salinity transforming area in Quzhou County, Hebei Province, China. 1996與1997年在河北省曲周縣鹽漬化改造區(qū)，采用陷阱法調(diào)查了農(nóng)田中步甲的物種組成與數(shù)量分布。

Carabid community and its fluctuation in farmland of salinity transforming area in the North China Plain: a case study in Quzhou County, Hebei Province 華北鹽漬化改造區(qū)農(nóng)田步甲群落及其動態(tài)研究:以河北省曲周縣為例