Common black ground beetle
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Coleoptera
- family: Carabidae
- genus: Pterostichus
- species: Pterostichus melanarius
- Sachsenburg
Carinthia- Ratschendorf
Styria
Austria- Maaseik
Flanders
Belgium- Lethbridge
Alberta- Creston
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British Columbia
Canada- Dolní Dvořiště
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Czech Republic- France
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Trentino-Alto Adige
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Örebro
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England
United Kingdom- Crawfordsville
Indiana- West Concord
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