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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Carabus » European Ground Beetle (Carabus nemoralis)

Species Carabus nemoralis - European Ground Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Carabus sylvosus028 - Carabus nemoralis Name That Beetle - Carabus nemoralis European Ground Beetle - Carabus nemoralis Purple-rimmed Carabus (Carabus nemoralis) - Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis Beautiful Beetle - Carabus nemoralis - male European Ground Beetle - Carabus nemoralis Sp. Carabus nemoralis - European Ground Beetle - Carabus nemoralis
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
Species nemoralis (European Ground Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Carabus nemoralis O.F.Müller 1764
Size
21‒26 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (in the east: NF‒MN‒ne.VA; in the west: BC‒CA to SK‒*CO)(2)(*BG data)
Habitat
synanthropic: city parks, gardens, adjacent woodlands
Remarks
a member of the subgenus Archicarabus Seidlitz (10 spp., Europe & Middle East)(2)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 March, 2005 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, v belov, Fyn Kynd, Arturo Santos
Last updated 9 April, 2024 - 12:38pm

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