Carabus

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Carabus
Carabus glabratus.jpg
Carabus glabratus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Carabinae
Tribe: Carabini
Genus: Carabus
Linnaeus, 1758

Carabus is a genus of beetles in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 94 subgenera, 897 species and 2300 subspecies, thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae.[1][2][3] The vast majority are native to the Palearctic, but 11 Nearctic species are also known.[1] Carabus spp. are 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long, and most species are wingless and often very colourful.[1] These are nocturnal, predatory beetles that feed on snails, earthworms, and caterpillars.[1][4] Most Carabus species were thought to have inhabited the Eurasian forest, but the species' low dispersal abilities altered the distribution of lineages within the genus.[5]

Diet

Adult Carabus feeds on both small live and dead animals such as slugs, snails, earthworms, and insects in all stages, sometimes dead vertebrates. The ways of feeding on snails are different for their adaptations, as macrocephalic beetles feed snails by crushing shells, and stenocephalic beetles feed snails by inserting the head into the shell.[6]

Species

Carabus contains the following 897 species:[3]

A

B

C

D

E-F

G-H

Carabus hispanus

I-K

L

M

Carabus monilis, Germany

N-O

Carabus neli holotype fossil

P

Q-R

Carabus rutilans

S

T

U-Z

Carabus violaceus

References

  1. ^ a b c d Deuve T.; Cruaud, A.; Genson, G.; and Rasplus, J.Y. (2012). Molecular systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Carabus (Col. Carabidae). Mol. Phylogenet Evol. 65(1):259-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.015
  2. ^ "Genus Carabus" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "Carabus Linne, 1758". Carabidae of the World. 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ Brandmayr, Pietro (2000). Natural History and Applied Ecology of Carabid Beetles: Proceedings of the IXth European Carabidologists' Meeting (26-31 July 1998, Camigliatello, Cosenza, Italy). ISBN 9789546421005.
  5. ^ Deuve, Thierry; Cruaud, Astrid; Genson, Gwenaëlle; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (October 2012). "Molecular systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Carabus (Col. Carabidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65 (1): 259–275. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.015.
  6. ^ Sota, Teiji (25 November 2021). "Introduction to the World of Carabus". Evolutionary Biology of Carabus Ground Beetles. Springer Singapore. pp. 1–16. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-6699-5_1. eISSN 2522-5278. ISSN 2522-526X.
  • Boleslav Brezina (1999) World catalogue of the genus Carabus L. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Pensoft Series. Faunistica, No 15. Pensoft, Sofia - Moscow
  • Thierry Deuve (2007) Liste Blumenthal 2007 (Liste de taxons valides du genre Carabus L., 1758). Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Paris

Further reading

External links

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