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

Species Carabus auratus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Large iridescent green beetle - Carabus auratus Carabus auratus Carabus auratus Ground beetle - Carabus auratus - female Carabus auratus - female beetle - Carabus auratus Chlaenius sericeus? ID needed - Carabus auratus Carabus auratus - male
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 auratus (Carabus auratus)
Explanation of Names
Carabus auratus auratus Linnaeus 1760
auratus Latin 'golden'
Range
native to Europe, introduced to North America (Boston 1940s) for gypsy moth control, established in New England(1)
Food
Slugs, worms, cutworms, and other invertebrates
Remarks
a member of the subgenus Tachypus Weber (4 spp. in Europe, one ranging into Siberia)(1)
Print References
Smith M.E. (1959) Carabus auratus L. and other carabid beetles introduced into the United States as Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) predators (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 61: 7-10.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 March, 2006 - 2:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2017 - 6:47pm

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