n.[昆]步行虫；步甲(亦作carabid beetle)

As a whole, the carabid fauna in this area is simple, having relatively few species and genera. 总体来说，本地步甲区系组成相对简单，属与物种数较少。

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,全世界大约有1000余种。

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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与1997年在河北省曲周县盐渍化改造区，采用陷阱法调查了农田中步甲的物种组成与数量分布。

Carabid community and its fluctuation in farmland of salinity transforming area in the North China Plain: a case study in Quzhou County, Hebei Province 华北盐渍化改造区农田步甲群落及其动态研究:以河北省曲周县为例