Carabus monilifer

Carabus monilifer
Museum specimen, listed as Carabus smaragdinus branickii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Carabinae
Tribe: Carabini
Genus: Carabus
Species:
C. monilifer
Binomial name
Carabus monilifer
Tatum, 1847
Synonyms

Carabus smaragdinus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 nec Duftschmid, 1812 (Junior primary homonym)

Carabus monilifer is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in China, North and South Korea, and Russia.

Description

Carabus monilifer can reach a length of about 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). The body is slender and the surface is metallic (varying from green or reddish coppery), depending on subspecies. The elytra are broad, robust and longitudinally covered with rows of small raised nodules. Adults can be found from May through September. They are predators of other invertebrates, particularly insects, but may eat others such as earthworms.

Distribution

This species can be found in southern Russian Far East, North and South Korea, and in China; from Inner Mongolia to Jilin and Henan to the east and Shanxi to the west.

Subspecies

These subspecies belong to the species Carabus monilifer (after Löbl & Löbl, 2017):

References

  1. ↑ "Carabus monilifer Tatum, 1847". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  2. ↑ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  3. 1 2 3 Löbl, I. & Löbl, D. 2017. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 1. Archostemata – Myxophaga – Adephaga. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden; Boston. 1480 pp.