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Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Carabus
Species: C. scabrosus
Subspecies: C. s. tauricus
Trinomial name
Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Bonelli, 1810
Synonyms
  • Carabus aeneus Motschulsky, 1850
  • Carabus nigritulus Kraatz, 1876
  • Carabus purpureus Kraatz, 1876
  • Carabus viridissimus Kraatz, 1876

Carabus scabrosus tauricus is a subspecies of the beetle Carabus scabrosus endemic to Crimea.

Body length up to 52 mm. Colour variable from the blue, passing into violet to green or almost black. The downside is black, with a metallic sheen. Elytra and pronotum wrinkled, granular structure. Crimean beetle forms several forms, differing mainly painting.

Active at different times of day. Quickly run. Predator, feeding on terrestrial molluscs - mainly land snail. Eating bugs do not bite the snail shell, shellfish and eating away dipping his head and pronotum at the mouth of the shell. Well-fed beetles can burrow into the soil for a few days.

References

  1. "Carabus scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. "Carabus (Procerus) scabrosus tauricus Bonelli, 1810". Fauna Europaea. 2.6. 2013-04-09. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-17.

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Carabus scabrosus tauricus


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