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Species Carabus auratus

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Carabus auratus Green metallic beetle - Carabus auratus Carabus auratus - male Carabus auratus - female Carabus auratus - female beetle - Carabus auratus Carabus auratus - male Striped beetle - Carabus auratus

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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