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Genus Carabus

Arizona Carabus - Carabus forreri - male Ground Beetle? - Carabus maeander Carabid - Carabus nemoralis Carabus species? - Carabus sylvosus - male Carabus nemoralis? - Carabus nemoralis Beetle Claenius? - Carabus nemoralis irridescent beetle - Carabus vietinghoffii Carabus goryi? - Carabus goryi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Carabinae
Tribe Carabini
Genus Carabus
Pronunciation
kăr´å`bŭs
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
our fauna reviewed in (1)
Explanation of Names
Carabus Linnaeus 1758
Greek κα'ραβος 'horned beetle, crawfish/lobster'(2)
Numbers
14 spp. (of which 3 adventive) in 9 subgenera in our area, >700 total in ~90 subgenera(3)
Identification
key to species in (1)
Range
Holarctic (most diverse in montane Eurasia)(3), incl. much of NA, esp. the northern half: 12 spp. in Canada(4), 8 in New England(5), 6 in WI(6), 5 in the Carolinas (cancellatus, goryi, serratus, sylvosus, vinctus)(7)(8), 2 in FL(9), 2-3 in CA(10)
Food
Predatory
Life Cycle
Some species reported to overwinter as adults. Some reported to perform a courtship ritual, unusual in beetles.