Biology:Carabus scabrosus tauricus

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Short description: Subspecies of beetle

Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Сarabus (Procerus) scabrosus tauricus (жужелица крымская).jpg
Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Carabus
Species:
Subspecies:
C. s. tauricus
Trinomial name
Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Bonelli, 1810
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[2]

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1381225 entry