Carabus smaragdinus
Carabus smaragdinus | |
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Museum specimen of Carabus smaragdinus branickii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Carabus |
Division: | Carabus div. Multistriati |
Subdivision: | Carabus subdiv. Procrustimorphi |
Subgenus: | Carabus (Coptolabrus) |
Species: | C. smaragdinus |
Binomial name | |
Carabus smaragdinus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 nec Duftschmid, 1812 | |
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Carabus smaragdinus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae.
Subspecies
- Carabus smaragdinus branickii Taczanowski, 1887
- Carabus smaragdinus dolichognathus Deuve, 1995
- Carabus smaragdinus euviridis (Ishikawa & Kim, 1983)
- Carabus smaragdinus furumiellus Deuve, 1994
- Carabus smaragdinus hoenggandoensis (Kwon & Lee, 1984)
- Carabus smaragdinus honanensis Hauser, 1921
- Carabus smaragdinus hongdoensis (Kwon & Lee, 1984)
- Carabus smaragdinus liaodongensis (Li, 1992)
- Carabus smaragdinus longipennis Chaudoir, 1863
- Carabus smaragdinus mandschuricus Semenov, 1898
- Carabus smaragdinus monilifer Tatum, 1847
- Carabus smaragdinus pinganensis Hauser, 1920
- Carabus smaragdinus shantungensis Born, 1910
- Carabus smaragdinus smaragdinus Fischer, 1823
- Carabus smaragdinus yanggangensis Deuve & Li, 2000
- Carabus smaragdinus zhongtiaoshanus Imura & Yamaya, 1994
Description
Carabus smaragdinus can reach a length of about 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). Body is quite slender and the surface is metallic green or reddish coppery, depending on subspecies. Elytra are broad, robust and longitudinally crossed by rows of small dotted points like bumps. Adults can be found from May through September. They mainly eat small creatures like the earthworm.
Distribution
This species is native to the Palearctic and the Near East. In Europe, it is observed in Albania, Austria, the Baltic states, Benelux, Cyprus, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, mainland Greece, Hungary, mainland Italy, Scandinavia, Slovakia, mainland Spain, all states of former Yugoslavia, Central and Eastern Europe, and European part of Turkey.[1] In Far East, it can be found in North and South Korea, and in China; from Inner Mongolia to Jilin and Henan to the east and Shanxi to the west.[2]
References
- ↑ "Harpalus (Harpalus) smaragdinus (Duftschmid, 1812)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Carabus (Coptolabrus) smaragdinus Fischer, 1823". Carabidae of the World. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
External links
- Data related to Carabus smaragdinus at Wikispecies
- Beetles of Russia
- Naris